![]() ![]() ![]() I suppose most people will understand.Īfter all, I never saw the movie, and I am not the biggest Hollywood fanboy, yet I did understand it. Never saw the movie, but I somehow guessed it. That’s right – and now a musician with a band. The reference was slightly oblique, so I had to ask to make sure I had made the right association… And fellow blogger Kristin wrote quite recently on how Joan Rivers inspires writing.Ī colleague, Brian Hughes, had asked me to review a blog post he was writing, and in it he made a reference to Kevin Costner. Yours truly has not been oblivious to cultural sign posts, although I’ll never stoop so low as to mention Kanye West or Kim Kardashian in a blog post (oops!).īut I have provided writing tips based on feature films, such as the one on Into The Woods and the one I wrote about Jupiter Ascending. And he dates Kim Kardashian, who is famous for being Kim Kardashian ( #EverybodyNeedsAHobby ). Sadly, more people know who Kanye West is than Nikola Tesla. And if you are writing for an audience of tech geeks, they know who Nikola Tesla is.īut many readers are much more attuned with the cultural sign posts of today. Everybody knows who Shakespeare is, or at least they have a vague concept of who he is. Movies, TV shows, songs, celebrities, sports teams – these are the cultural sign posts that your readers relate to. While you are immersed in writing, they are flipping channels and tuning in stations. The first audiences I am referring to are the obvious ones – your readers. Here’s why you should get cultural.Ĭultural signposts are important for writers of all kinds, both to connect with audiences and to connect with… well, audiences. All writing and no play makes you a dull blogger. ![]()
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