Addressing your readers
Hello friends,
Welcome to chapter 2 of my learning how to write. This chapter is pretty short. Let’s dig in.
I think I do pretty well on the first point of this chapter and that is to write as you speak. Robots or AI sounding is generally not welcomed.
Lesson 2 is tone. Tone being “the attitude a writer conveys toward the subject matter and the audience.” The tip for this was to imagine my readers reacting to what I’ve written.
Lesson three: use jargon carefully. I can honestly say I have no idea if I even use jargon when talking about my knitting and/or other projects. Mainly because when I’m reading a blog for a new pattern or project, I have no idea what they are saying and have to look it up 90% of the time. If I do, I’m sorry. The question our book wants us to think about is…Will readers understand the jargon?
And finally, the main levels of language.
1. Formal - Use when you want to downplay your involvement and give an expert sound.
2. Informal - The way most people write.
3. Familiar - Used for personal letters, journals, diaries (the way I think I write)
And that closes out chapter 2. Not as ouuu and ahhhh but still good to think about as we write. Like lesson 1 taught us Think before you write!
With lots of love
Here’s the book link again. In the rare chance, you want to follow along.