The Audience

Pada kesempatan kali ini saya akan menuliskan kelanjutan dari The Fundamental of Writing, yaitunya The Audience. Sebelumnya saya juga telah menulis tentang  Objectives of the course. 

Two essential rules for the course are.;
1. write about what you know
2. always write for an audience

The audience is an essential concept for all writers. Writers choose their subjects and their methods of presenting material (diction, sentence structure, organization) according to who will read the finished product.

In order to communicate successfully, to write essays that have interest and value, you must decide,

a. Who you are: a student? a son or daughter? an expert?
b. Who your audience is? classmates? parents? the admission officer?

Your decisions about who you are and who your audiences is will determine;

a. What you write: What does your audience KNOW? What are the interests, the needs, and the expectation of your audience? What does  your audience Not KNOW? What might your audience want to know? What do you know that you can communicate to your audience?

b. How you write: will you use short sentences and simple language? Will you use sophisticated concepts and terms? will you use charts or photographs?

Joy M. Reid
Colorado state university