In the essay “Writing Addresses, Invokes, and/or Creates Audiences,” by Andrea A. Lusford’s main idea was that the rhetorical triangle has key elements for writing. It is the characteristic of writing to catch the main points. The rhetorical triangle carries logos, ethos, and pathos, which the speaker has to appeal to that audience. The reader, writer, and text, are trying to engage the reader in the information. How we need to understand who we are writing too, even if you have to imagine the audience. Most of the time we do have to but that helps us understand who we are writing to and what information we will need to provide. Understanding of the audience helps the readers spring important questions that will involve the writer. Ultimately make the writer refocus on their own ethics and how effective they are on their readers. How the writer can improve on the reviewer, crowd, author, announcer, and onlooker.
My past writing experiences haven’t really informed me with my audience. I always assumed it was for my teacher or professor. The most useful instruction I was given was thinking about the information from their point of view. Having to really switch my brain into not thinking like a writer but a reader for a second. The most unimportant thing when thinking about my audience was cramping my writing with all facts and evidence not fully explaining why this information is important and why we need it. What I learned about writing to an audience by reading this article is that I have to imagine my audience as if I’m addressing a teacher. How I will reflect or imagine my audiences from now on would be someone that is higher up than me, like a boss. Reflecting or imagining audiences help writers create better writing by really knowing what your audience is and what information they need.
