Week 1

For our first reading I believe that most of the information we read was about adjusting. Writing is a type of communication and whatever we write has someone on the other end reading it with their own perspective and perception of the same words. In order to make our writing as clear and easy to understand as possible we need to adjust our writing to the person reading it, same as with all other kinds of communication. The first two readings talked about adjusting the rules for writing depending on which genre you were writing in and also that you need to adjust your writing based on what medium you are using. If you are writing a blogpost, an essay or a text message they all have different set of rules on how to behave when you write. You would not write a text message with the same rules as when you are writing an essay and you would not use the same language in an essay as when you are blogging to your family about your trip in Africa. Everything we say or write needs to be adjusted before we give it out to the reader. The last reading we did also talks about different styles and how to adjust your writing to match the audience.

This makes perfect sense with everything else we do in our everyday communication so it was really interesting to read about it connected with writing. I have not really thought about it in that way before, that it works in the same way as our daily communication in a way. When we talk to a friend, we use one style of communication, when we talk to our boss we use one style of communication and when we talk to our parents we use another style of communication so it is all about adjusting your communication based on your audience (the person you are talking to). Same goes with writing; if you are sending a professional email you should use a more decent language than when you are sending your best friend a text message. If we do not follow these set of rules for our writing, it can be perceived as rude to the audience. I mean, if you send a professional email with a kissing and flirting emoji in the end, you do not come off as very professional. If you on the other hand send a text message that sounds really professional and boring to your friend, he or she might think that you are upset.

So it is all about adjusting your communication (in writing) to your audience in order to be as successful as possible!