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The Weirdest Conversation

Did someone bum-dial my story?

I had the strangest conversation today.

Yesterday I published an article called ‘Writing for Children: Change Your Point of View!’ It shared some words of wisdom from an online course I took a few years ago.

Today someone replied, “Some of us choose not to write for children”.

It was a bit odd. I wasn’t sure why she’d clicked on the article if she wasn’t interested in the subject. None-the-less, there were smiley faces and some nice comments too. It was fine.

I explained that I thought it was a nice little story.

“You omitted to indicate that not everyone chooses to write for children”.

Was I being told off? It felt that way.

Full marks for persistency. She said I should, “indicate who the readers are”.

Doesn’t the title make it obvious who it’s aimed at? If you’re not interested in writing for children, don’t click on a story entitled ‘Writing for Children’.

At which point, she apologised — it appears she hadn’t read the title. 🤣

Was it a phone blooper — a bum dial? Had she intended to click on something else? Anyway, I laughed and said it was fine.

I realise that not everyone writes for children. I don’t expect the whole world to be interested in any of my stories.

That’s why stories have titles. Read the title. You can choose not to click!

Weird world.