All Writers Have More To Learn

In my own words, what I took from this is that when we consistently engage in a particular practice or behavior it just becomes a habit. over time, these habits can become deeply ingrained and entrenched within us. this means that we may find it challenging to break away from these habits or try new approaches. whether its a daily routine, away of thinking, or a set of behaviors, habitual practices cam create a sense of comfort and familiarity. However, this can also limit our ability to explore new possibilities and adapt to changing circumstances. So, while habits can provide stability and efficiency, it’s important to be mindful of potential to hinder ones personal growth and innovation. By being open to new experiences and actively seeking out different perspectives, we can break free from entrenchment and embrace a more flexible and adaptable mindset so it will be understood by a broader range of readers.

According to Andrea Lunsford, when we write, we are not just putting words on paper. Writing has the power to address, invoke, and create audiences. it means that as writers, we have the ability to shape our content in a way that engages and connects with specific groups of people. By conserving the needs, interests, and perspectives of our audience, we can effectively communicate our message and make a meaningful impact. So, when we write, we should always keep in mind who we are addressing and how we can create a connection with them through our words. It’s all about understanding our audience and crafting our writing to resonate with them. My past academic writing experiences did not always make me just assume that my audience was my professor or my teacher, I had always made sure to write for all audiences and to interest all of my readers. reading this article made me realize that writing is so much more then just writing our words and slapping them on a paper and what i’m writing needs to be able to create and connect my audience, I need to be able to engage my writing with my readers.

“Writing addresses, invokes, and/or creates audiences” by Andrea A. Lunsford discourses the relationship between the audience and writers. She talks about how most writers use a method that involves fictionalizing the audience and explains the difference between actual and imagined audiences. In the past, I haven’t really learned much about writing for different audiences, and I don’t think my teachers really said much on the topic either. One thing in high school that was taught and the most useful element for writing to an audience for me would be tone; it helps pass on your attitude, personality, and perspective to your readers. Something that wasn’t so useful In high school, I can’t really remember honestly, but I would definitely say most of the time I thought of my audience as being my teacher or classmates. In high school, when we would write essays, the only person who would read those essays would be the teacher, or sometimes we might have to read our essay out loud to the class.

In the reading, I learned how online literature creates a challenge for weighing out an audience. I also learned that the three key elements—writer, audience, and text—make up the rhetorical triangle. Lunsford touches on how digital access to written work blurs the boundaries between writer and audience. In the future, when writing, I will think more about writing for a fictionalized audience and how it can play more into my writing. Reflecting on the audience can help you make good decisions about what material to include in your writing.

 In the article Writing, Addresses, Invokes, And/or Creates Audiences by Andrea Lunsford it talks about how important it is to really capture the reader. That happens by using a rhetorical triangle. You also have to understand that getting the readers attention is a big part. Digital is also a very big part in it too. It has a lot of controversy around it. It can either be good and catch the reader or be hard to know what kind of readers you have.

I haven’t really had a big experience with writer. I have always assumed that the person I was writing to was my teacher. I haven’t always had a big audience to write to. Writing in the past we had guides to follow which included sentence starters and other things to help us follow. It already had everything we needed when it came to writing to audiences. I learned that you need to really focus on who you are writing to, and really capture their attention. I will use this to help me with writing to bigger audiences in the future. Imagining a big audience could help people with better written details in the essay.

Andrea Lunsford’s “Writing Addresses, Invokes, and/or Creates Audiences” is an in-depth information for what writing’s powers are when it comes to the any sort of writing. This also brings up the idea of the rhetorical triangle and how it effects the art of writing.  The article allows the writer to understand that the writing largely effects the audience and how many people are interested in your writing.  The idea of also finding audiences is random and unknown to some who write not focused on an audience and meaning that the reason you wrote your writing may not have been a large part of people who relate with you in the same situation but may be a whole different audience.  The ability of writing is the ability to change what is going on in the reader’s head through manipulating what wording they use. When all of this is defined it gives the ability of the writer to conduct who will read it.

I personally have a lot of information from the past on what to write for who, when I have this, I keep having this topic pop up again and again due to the importance of the audience in any writing.  When I was in school my focus was mostly on the teacher, but not all things were focused on the teacher.  For instance, when I wrote for a presentation, I would make sure I would focus on a general fact and not just one thing.  I started to notice that the teacher also wanted me to focus on an audience that was unknowing on the subject so that became my new focus for a lot of assignments.  I used this advice to help me focus on the future of my assignments and to allow my writing to improve.  I feel this writing mostly reinforced the thoughts I have had on the writing and how they can help improve everything.  I will focus on the future of my writing to be on people who don’t understand the subject too instead of just general people who know the subject and with this change I should be able to widen my range.