I'm back!
Missed me? Of course you have! I'm rested. I'm rejuvenated. I've moved house. I've packed. I've unpacked. I'm ready. Time to get back on it with our journey through the literary maze we love. For this week's post, the focus is audience. No matter who your audience is... toddlers, children, young adult, adult, scholars, fiction lovers... audience is everything. What has set me on this path you may ask... well... a senior manager should not be addressed as 'bro'. Period. Know your audience pal! Just like a professional setting, your writing audience will (read: should for some people!) dictate the minutiae of your writing. How you address a teacher or employer differs greatly from how you address a friend or close colleague. Just how you write for a seven year old would differ to how you write for a learned scholar. For example: "You wanna survive outside a spaceship... then you better hope you're a water bear. They can survive where it's super cool, which makes them super cool!" Or "Tardigrades, known colloquially as water bears, are the first known animal to survive after exposure to outer space. They are known to reanimate within 30 minutes following rehydration after exposure to subzero temperatures." Your audience dictates word choice, formality and tone of your piece. (Water) Bear in mind the appropriateness of your writing, and how it may sound to an objective reader. Good luck lovelies. G.D. x
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