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Know Your Audience We know from experience that what we say and how we say it depends in part on who we are talking to and the situation of the moment. For example, a student complaining about a grade will talk very differently to a classmate then he does to the teacher. A writer must think of his reader before he begins to write. He will choose his tone, the subject, sentence structure and choice of words by knowing his audience. Writing is not good or bad in itself, but by how it succeeds or fails in getting the response intended. Most problems come from failure to realize a statement that seems clear to you may not be clear to a reader. In conversation you can respond to a puzzled look or a "What do you mean?" There is no direct feedback in writing. A writer must anticipate the reader's needs. If the diction is vague, he must choose a more precise term. He must give supporting or clarifying details. The one thing he must not do is to think he need satisfy only himself. He must try to see his work through his reader's eyes. Until next time, Write on! Writing is like cooking...if you spill something, you should make it look like part of the act. This week's quote was contributed by --John Keeble ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only **
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