Friday, July 22, 2016
Working Together
Writers play off of their readers by imagining a story that they feel will engage the reader the most. They put their thoughts down on paper, get them out into the world, and wait. Readers will then take that story and react to it by performing tasks such as buying similar stories or writing letters to the author. Feedback like this helps writers to see what their audience's interests are, what makes them emotional, what they connect with, etc. A writer's words can be very influential over readers. They can inspire someone to stand up for themselves, perform a task that they never would have done before, and can even change a person's mindset all together. Having a power like that is special and the writer must be careful when using it. As much as they can change a person's life for the better, they can also ruin it. All it takes is a few wrong words. The same thing goes for readers. If they find a particular story more enjoyable than the other, it helps the author to see what they should write more about. It also helps writers continue to have a career in the field that they love. Neither group can function without the other. Writers write to tell a story and readers read to enjoy. They each must consider what the other is thinking in order to inspire one and other. Without each other, the art of writing and the passion for reading would be dead.
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Alyssa, this is an interesting analysis of the connection an author has with their readers and vice versa. I have always contemplated on the connection between the author and the audience, as, like you said, the author can only keep a job if people like not only their works but who they are. Many people believe that an author has one job: produce a book for people to read and be entertained by. But, as you pointed out, an author does so much more than that. An author can inspire and empower but also unite and unify. It is interesting to occasionally think about and even realize that something as small as choosing which book to buy can impact the life of the book's author.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting analysis of the way that writers influence the reader. I mostly took this prompt in the direction of what the reader does to the author and the author’s story rather than what the story and author do to the reader. The idea that the author can influence the reader has many great examples such as call to arms and stories like Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle. There are also examples of things that were meant to change the world but ultimately failed to do so, such as Common Sense by Jonathan Swift. Overall, this is a very interesting perspective, and one that I had not considered when I was writing my blog post.
ReplyDeleteI had never thought of the extent to which a writer’s words might impact the reader. A writer engages with the audience by writing their experiences and ideas that many readers have a connection with. I have never thought about how writers can inspire people to completely change themselves based on what they write. I plan on writing books one day and if I ever do get published, I could possibly inspire people, which is mind-boggling to think about. I really liked how you said that without each other “the art of writing and the passion for reading would be dead.” That is very powerful and a concept that I never completely thought about. It is interesting how big of a role authors’ play into people’s lives.
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