Reflection Of Letter To Me As A Writer

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Everything is up for interpretation; the way we talk, dress and even write can be dissected to reach the root of what we are truly like and how we strive to be regarded. Writing is a substantial artifact to analyze for this reason. We change the way we write depending on our audience and purpose, tweaking the way we are perceived. The very style we use tend to fluctuate depending on who is listening. Dissecting writing allows us to detect a pattern; which helps us not only to interpret the underlying message but to understand the author as well. We write for various purposes and while we rarely replace our entire message, we typically adjust it to our audience. In a letter written to a sibling or to oneself, a writer can feel the freedom …show more content…
This writing is relative to me at a personal level and is used more as a means to evoke emotion and assist with the understanding of myself. I analyze the quotes that appeal to me in order to grasp the meaning of those quotes to me at a subconscious level. The quote that currently stands out most to me is from the British show, Doctor Who. It is about the most important leaf in the universe; the leaf represents a whole future that never happened. Things that could have taken place but never did. This message is dear because it serves a reminder that for every day I live "there are millions and billions" of unlived days. This artifact is distinctive from the letter to my sister or e-mail to the client because I have written it down for me. It carries emotional weight and it is not manipulative or a task to complete. I have added lines of my own to this quote and rewritten it in my own words. This writing style is unique because unlike the former pieces of writing this was derived from a statement and I simply found certain pieces to be appealing. As stated before this goes to prove that what we write varies depending on who is listening to our

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