Strategies for Knowing Your Audience
Presenter: Beth Gulley
Location: Broadcast via Zoom OR attend live at Johnson County Community College, CoLab, OCB100
12345 College Blvd. Overland Park, KS
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Poetry, Nonfiction, Writing, Writing for Fun
Have you ever felt terror when you sit down to writing because you don’t know if your audience will judge you? Have you ever been afraid to step up to the mic to read your work in public? Have you ever wondered why your work isn’t getting accepted? These are all writing issues that could be resolved if you get to know your audience better. As Nikki Giovanni writes “Know who you want to be proud of you.” Then write and edit with those people in mind. Beth Gulley will offer suggestions and resources to help you to know who you are writing for and to as well as what to do with that information once you have gained it.
Beth Gulley lives in Spring Hill, Kansas and teaches writing at Johnson County Community College. She has published three chapbooks and four full-length collections of poetry. Her chapbook, Since Corona Ruined Our Trip to the Library, won the 2023 Chapbook Award from the Kansas Authors Club. Her full-length collection, Frog Joy, was runner up for the 2023 Amity Prize. Beth serves on the Riverfront Reading Committee and is a Writers Place board member where she edits the yearbook. More information about Beth can be found on her blog at