My comment left on a writing site:
"Platform" is just a buzz word - yes, losing some currency, but at its peak about 5 years ago -
the ultimate platform is all writers write about good vs. evil.
JK Rowling worked at Amnesty International but that was not her platform - and I don't think it helped her sell books, though she has been very generous with donating to Amnesty. Amnesty clients are in poor countries, in prison - they don't buy many books there.
The books themselves helped her sell books.
I think these buzz words are over-rated and it's how money is got from the ultimate suckers - aspiring writers.
I even hate it when people call me an "aspiring writer" "an emerging writer" etc etc.
A writer is someone who writes, period.
We may be aspiring to write like Dickens, but we are already writing, not "aspiring to write."
We may be trying to get published - By the way, the darned platform may change -
who says writers don't also write for money or to pay the bills?
Kyi May Kaung
