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Thanks. I don't really understand articles like this--isn't audience one of the cornerstones of good writing? Journalism is going to have different writing tha

by kem 10y ago

Thanks. I don't really understand articles like this--isn't audience one of the cornerstones of good writing? Journalism is going to have different writing than academic writing, which will have different writing than marketing, which will have different writing than a fiction author... ... goals and audience are important, as you're saying. This article just comes across as uninsightful.

veddox 10y ago
As long as each group of writers sticks to its ideal audience, there's no problem. The conflict starts when academics are asked to write for a popular audience, or a scientist reads something a non-scientist wrote about his field. Then you get a style/audience mismatch, with the ensuing arguments as detailed in the article.