6 Matching Annotations
- May 2022
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an audience is always an approximation
As a writer you would generally have a target audience, but that doesn't mean they will be the only ones reading it
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With this unknown author, you have less to go on to determine what the letter means, and with the knowledge you’re lacking
The less information there is to anything the more wildly varying the interpretations can/will be
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You would likely interpret this letter differently depending on what you know about its author.
Its human nature to try and come to conclusions or understandings based on what knowledge you have
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Writing, as a communicative activity, is made for an audience of readers
The whole point of writing is for someone to read it
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This kind of journey, while glamorous, seems as extreme as it would be expensive.
This is true, but pieces written by an author with the direct experience tend to be more insightful
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Using the author’s words, the reader weaves together an interpretation based on the reader’s own previous experience with those words, with similar genres or situations, or her own priorities for the text.
This is how a lot of debates on a writers intentions come about, since people relate to it differently
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