Fatheads for Writers
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Have you seen the commercials for Fatheads? You know, the ones of the life-size image of your favorite sports athlete? When I first saw these products, I was astounded that they were as popular as they are. Then again, enthusiasts love to collect items that make them feel closer to their favorite teams or players.
If you don’t know what Fatheads are, here’s a quick description borrowed from their official website at fathead.com
Fatheads are the leading brand in sports and entertainment wall graphics with thousands of officially licensed products! Fathead allows fans to show their passion, whether it’s their favorite sports team, player, hero, musician or band. There’s no product on earth that can better show fan loyalty than a life-sized, in-your-face Fathead on the wall!
In a recent website development discussion with a friend, the topic turned to what makes a successful author website. The answer is knowing your reader. Knowing the in’s and out’s of your reader puts you and he/she on the same page. Defining your reader is as important as plot, structure, and dialogue if not more so.
Before you put pen to paper or finger to keyboard, get acquainted with your reader. Spend some time defining who will want to read your WIP. It is time well spent. After all, when you present your manuscript to an agent, editor or publisher, the first words you will here are …
“Who is your reader?”
The Fathead phenomena is growing exponentially. Why? Because Fatheads, Inc. products meet the need of a sports fan to feel closer to their favorite team or player.
What if writers had Fatheads of their readers plastered on their office walls? Gazing at a life-size image of the type of person who will read your work can’t help but inspire you to refine your writing and no doubt would draw your closer to what they think about, what inspires them, what enrages them, etc.
Of course, a Fathead for a writer would be a composite of the type of reader not a specific one, but you get the idea. If you have a photo of a person that suggests an image of your reader, you can create a Fathead yourself.
Fathead Customs now give you the ability to create almost any image you think is Fathead Worthy into a life-size wall graphic! Take any picture and blow it up to JUMBO size (4’ x 6’6”) and put it on your wall! We put the power of Fathead in your hands with Fathead Custom.
- source: Fathead.com
I am not suggesting you get a Fathead. I’m just pondering the idea. It’s a great concept.
So, tell me. If you had a Fathead of your reader on your wall, what would he/she look like? Leave a comment, let me know.
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My “fathead” reader would be a bookclub. It would be comprised of women. If it were a celebrity bookclub the members would be Mary J Blige (hip hop soul singer), Katy Perry (pop singer), Dana Owens (aka Queen Latifah hip hop artist/actress), Pink (rock singer), Jennifer Lewis (African American actress), Paula Patton and Sandra Bullock. If it weren’t a celebrity bookclub the members would be fans of the above mentioned celebrities and enjoy honest, relevant fresh writing addressing important often neglected topics in the Body of Christ impacting people everyday.
Whoa! That’s some kind of composite there! It might surprise you that there are only two people in your list that I know… Queen Latifah and Sandra Bullock. Apparently, I don’t get out much…
I know both ladies. Interesting blog. I write Christian fiction. I have one novel that released in July and another releasing January 15. Blessings, BJ Robinson
Ha! Fatheads. So that’s what those are! I’ve seen them recently in stands during college football games and was wondering. I always thought fathead was a slang term for a fool. Live and learn.
As for creating my ideal reader fathead, it would be a morphing of —
Michael Hyatt – former CEO of Thomas Nelson publishers, a Christian leader and reader who is something of a geek when it comes to the latest technical gadgets.
Miss Maben – my college history professor; someone who is impressed with my historical research.
C.S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkein – two old guys who sit around at a tavern and talk about Narnia and Frodo.
and Keiki Hendrix, a lover of Christian books with a passion for wonder.
Maybe I should buy one of those software programs that morphs headshots together, feed in five jpgs and see what my ideal reader would like like. Not a fathead among them.
Thanks for the blog, Keiki. That was fun!
Am finally respoding to this great idea! When I was writing my novel, I put together a collage of pictures of what I thought my different characters looked like…and it really helped! Were I to do it again, I’d keep them separate and pin them on a bulletin board so that, for example, when I have a scene with just two characters, I can put just the two of them up….w/out distractions from the others. So I had the characters taken care of, but NOT the readers! So, Keiki, your idea is wonderful….we just need group shot of Fatheads!! Thanks! Love the creativity.