Audience is key

To show my awareness of audience I chose my piece of writing on the evolution of traditions as shown by the stories Does Hair Make a Person and Throughout Modern Dining. I really connected with the audience, my class mates, as I made Does Hair Make a Person, relatable to the fact that each member of the audience is attending college at this very moment to better their future. I related this fact to the story, to show the need for individuality over tradition. I also, however, showed the benefits of the opposing sides shown in Throughout Modern Dining. With this post, I stimulated the audiences mind to view reality and impacts presented by both sides. No matter which side the reader was on, they were forced to stretch their minds and view the validity in the side which they would not have considered before.

Posting discussion in this format is certainly a different feel when writing. It forced me to consider the immediate audience which would be reading and evaluating my work. It took the strain off of formal essays, but added the strain of the amount of people reading and critiquing each piece. I enjoyed being able to have that immediate feedback from multiple sources, and believe it has helped me grow in considering audience while writing.