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Darryl Wolf

English

Trang Phann

10/27/10

Closing My Eyes as I Speak: An Argument for Ignoring Audience Author(s): Peter Elbow Source: College English, Vol. 49, No. 1 (Jan., 1987), pp. 50-69

Summary:

This article is about the benefits of ignoring the audience as you write, allowing you to create a train of thought which will let your ideas to flow freely. It also explains that this concept can prevent writers block which is an indeed predicament that I personally encounter from time to time. Also I’ve learned that when the writer envisions the audience they get intimidated from the pressure and thus making it difficult to get his or her point across; not only that but as clearly as possible. Also we could benefit from our audience, doing so will reveal that the writer would have put more consideration to be benefited and possibly have an out come on a mutual basis. Putting ease for the reader as they accumulate the writer’s viewpoint. Which is why I have somewhat of a mutual answer for my question.

Question:

Is it good to ignore the audience? Which do you prefer writer or reader base prose?

I would like to be able to free my mind when I begin to write. Personally I believe that this could go both ways. Thinking outside the “box” and developing a direction other than your own could indeed benefit you. Without limiting your train of thought you could somewhat ignore the audience so you won’t feel pressured and delayed in your writing. Doing so would eliminate the causatum of a writer’s block and allow for ideas to flow and as well expand into deeper segments. However with no guidelines the writer may go off topic and elaborate too much. It all depends how you see this strategies and entwine with your analysis. I prefer both writer and reader base prose because I can benefit with the two. I like how writer base prose focuses on the individual and it doesn’t matter if the readers may not understand the context. As well as, writer base prose is more of an adequate approach for themselves but lets the writer formulate with anything they feel serene. Their acquisitions way become all-out biased in a way but reader base focuses with the reader; by making sure they understand what the writer is trying to come across.