Andrea A. Lunsford wrote the story “Writing addresses, invokes, and/or creates audiences”. The author focuses on the importance of a writer having an imaginary audience while writing their story and for the reader/audience to fictionalize themselves. In past writing experiences I haven’t been taught much about writing to an audience, but in high school we were taught to not direct our essays or writing to our audiences through words such as “you”. Since in high school we weren’t taught a whole lot about writing to your audience I would say that is the least useful part because it is a new learning focus for me now. And the most useful part about writing to the audience would be not using words such as “you” because you never want to be talking directly to a reader or audience. In past writings I never really thought I was writing to my teacher. In fact, I never really thought of writing to an audience.
In the reading, I learned about the rhetorical triangle which is the connection of the writer, the audience, and the message. Another thing I learned from Lunsford’s reading was that the digital age has brought a new meaning to considering your audience. It was mentioned that it can no longer be assumed that the audience members in an oral presentation are present. Additionally, when I am writing in the future, I plan to imagine that I am writing a paper to a fictionalized audience. Imagining you are writing to a fictionalized audience helps the writer be more creative and meaningful in their work.
