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7 years 4 days ago
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Well, to be honest, do you see any other articles about weather on this site? Did you check? I admit, it was a unique topic to tackle, but not one which tickled the people on the site. The comment section in your article sums up pretty much what your audience thought--review those comments. Remember, when we write an article, we can't just write a piece on anything and hope people will love it. A writer needs to consider his audience, that is, who he is writing for. I spent a lot of time reviewing articles and comments on this site before I attempted writing anything for it. Perhaps if you had tied bad weather to retro-TV shows/movies (e.g. Twister, The Wizard of OZ), how the weather played a part in the lives of great comic book heroes (e.g The Flash, Storm of the X-men), video games where bad weather played a key role in the game or in particular game levels (Pirates of Dark Water for Sega Genisis, Metal Gear Solid), or old toys that were great on bad weather days. If you had dome this, then maybe your article would have survived.
Consider this final thought:
If you wrote the article for you, then who cares if it went to the backpages and who cares what the readers here think. You wrote a piece, you got it posted end of story. However, if you want this site's readers to appreciate your work, then you have to appreciate them first. You don't bring a still life fruit painting to an anime contest and you don't bring a weather report to a site that focuses on old TV shows, movies, video games, and toys. If it isn't what people want to see, then they ain't gonna love it, no matter how much work you put into it. If hard work equals success, then why aren't ditchdiggers ruling the world?
Here's some info that may help if you haven't read it already: http://www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/2060/
Good luck on your next piece.
Hope this helps,
Knites
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