The criteria needed to be considered be a good writer from an academic standpoint is a complex formula that for some comes naturally and for others is like navigating a nearly impossible labyrinth of methods, rules, and requirements. Many students including myself, struggle with these concepts. Even after having a background with college level English courses, both of which I was enrolled in at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), the struggle continues. In my own experience, frustration has always easily mounted due to the fact that I have always struggled to become comfortable with the skills I already have. Adopting a new skill or concept seemed like a daunting task at the time. However, the possibility that neither course nor professor
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The following paragraphs will cover one of these topics I never took into consideration. I was never taught extensively how to write for the audience. It never occurred to me that often times, especially in academic writing, you are writing for the purpose of others to read and understand your work. Since the beginning of the fall 2014 semester in Wesley Leonard’s Writing 122 class at Southern Oregon University (SOU), this important concept has come to light. But before this topic is discussed it will be appropriate to cover a brief background of my previous experience with college level …show more content…
“When you analyze a reader’s needs, it is so that you the writer can adapt to him” (Flower 2000, p. 139). Referring back to the knowledge level of your audience and determining where they are at, the main goal in catering to their needs is to adjust your vocabulary and the simplicity or complexion of your topics. Lunsford (2013) noted if you write in a manner that is hard to understand because of overly complex terminology and subject matter, your audience will unlikely comprehend your general ideas (p. 52). This may be the hardest concept to grasp as a writer when analyzing your audience. Needs will vary from audience to audience. Maintaining a certain level of flexibility to cater to them is a skill that once fully developed, will make your work easier to comprehend, which will in turn will help you as a writer communicate more efficiently with your
The following paragraphs will cover one of these topics I never took into consideration. I was never taught extensively how to write for the audience. It never occurred to me that often times, especially in academic writing, you are writing for the purpose of others to read and understand your work. Since the beginning of the fall 2014 semester in Wesley Leonard’s Writing 122 class at Southern Oregon University (SOU), this important concept has come to light. But before this topic is discussed it will be appropriate to cover a brief background of my previous experience with college level …show more content…
“When you analyze a reader’s needs, it is so that you the writer can adapt to him” (Flower 2000, p. 139). Referring back to the knowledge level of your audience and determining where they are at, the main goal in catering to their needs is to adjust your vocabulary and the simplicity or complexion of your topics. Lunsford (2013) noted if you write in a manner that is hard to understand because of overly complex terminology and subject matter, your audience will unlikely comprehend your general ideas (p. 52). This may be the hardest concept to grasp as a writer when analyzing your audience. Needs will vary from audience to audience. Maintaining a certain level of flexibility to cater to them is a skill that once fully developed, will make your work easier to comprehend, which will in turn will help you as a writer communicate more efficiently with your