My Ideal Reader

My ideal reader...what a difficult thing to tackle. I suppose that there are a number of writers that have a specific person in mind when they write a story but that's not me. When a story hits me I usually am to busy scrambling to to get it all onto paper (or computer) to think too much about who I'm writing for. I suppose that in that sense I'm a selfish writer.

I suppose that I really write for myself. Am I my ideal reader? Most definitely not. I am my most critical reader. Any writer will tell you that they are hardest on themselves. I suppose that my ideal reader would be a version of myself. A dreamer, able to suspend reality and belief, and a person with an appreciation for detail. I think that would be the base for my ideal reader. Beyond that I don't know what my ideal reader would be like. I suppose that I like it that way. I don't want to be a writer who only certain types of people or people with certain personality traits read. How dull would that be? To be able to predict which people will buy your book or want to read your book? I guess I'll continue to be a selfish writer and leave it up to fate.