Writing to a Public Audience

Writing for a public audience has changed my writing style. It changes to suit the general audience more. I keep the writing clear and simple, I explain unfamiliar terminology, and I make the topic interesting for all audiences.

I make my writing as understandable as possible to my audience so that they can read my writing effortlessly. I do not use slang or other casual words that would be used in daily conversation. My writing is formal, which helps the reader follow my main points and ideas. It also makes the reader more interested in my writing and what I have to say. I try to keep my writing from being too verbose or too nonchalant. If it's slack then my writing falls apart, unlike when it is descriptive and concise, my writing holds it's weight. 

To keep my writing from being too heavy, like walking through peanut butter, I keep my word choices simple, but creative. The reader can't read an essay, blog post, or paper if there's words no one without a PHD in that field can understand. Then a monotone voice without any word variation will put the reader right to sleep, if they do not stop reading, guaranteed. Playing around by adding a dash of colorful words is important because I want my reader to get hooked on what I have to say. Even if it is one of the driest topics I decide to talk about, I then have to make it interesting to my reader. I do not want them to feel like they are eating cardboard. I keep that from happening by aiming to make my audience hooked with what I have to say within the first few sentences.

To start off strong is as important as finishing strong. That also includes keeping the audience interested all throughout the writing, especially for a general audience. The most important writing tactic to remember is to stick to the topic, but keep an open mind to all types of audiences that will read the writing piece. For example, if the author writes about a certain religion's beliefs, keep the wording simple, descriptive, and overall think about readers who have never heard about that religion before. Make it interesting but also open minded with terminology and give many examples. Give the reader relative terms so they can understand the concepts of the religion better. Basic relative ideas in relation to any new ideas being explained are the best ways to reveal unfamiliar terms without overexposure.

My Development in Writing

Like a caterpillar, I've grown to appreciate writing through a struggle that is worth it in the end. My development of writing first established when I started reading novels, to my encouraging English teachers, and my interest in poetry.
I started building my cocoon in seventh grade, when I read my first novel. It was none other than Stephanie Meyer's"Twilight" saga. I would then venture into other similar novels, and recognize my favorite genres. I wrapped myself in the pages of books. Books such as Scott Westerfield's "Uglies" series, a fictional dystopia, I would read and reread. When rereading my favorite novels I would start to post-it note important plot changes, character descriptions, foreshadows, and details I had overlooked the first time. I started a strategy to understand the inner workings of a novel writer. Once I have dissected each novel with its innards spilling out unto post-its, I research it's author. I would learn how the author built their foundation of a cocoon to write such novels. The resources and inspirations they used to thread all of their works into a masterpiece.
The struggle started when my high school English teachers helped me break from my comfortable cocoon. I went from analyzing to putting pen to paper. I strongly disliked grammatical guidelines and spelling structures that I struggled through. Writing was not in any way my expertise in the beginning. My teachers would challenge me with a task they knew I could conquer with the right tools and the right motivation. There would be encouragement by working towards the exemplar primed and manicured product in the end. My finished work was never perfect, but when I worked hard, I could see my writing improving and developing.
I could finally fully spread my wings when I discovered poetry. I found color, pattern, and design within the most extravagant poems. It wasn't essay writing or novel writing, but it was the kind of writing I could fully appreciate and apply to other types of writing. Poetry became the backbone of writing for myself. I learned to enjoy essays and papers more by adding colorful descriptions and fun phrases. Writing used to be a struggle, but now I have an organized method to writing through poetry. I would use visual aids by drawing connections and similarities to topics, and making it fun by finding unique ways to connect ideas. It has allowed me to put a creative touch to the most boring of assignments.

Lady GaGa review

In the review written by Jon Pareles, “Lavish Worlds, and the Headwear to Match”, he addresses an audience who are familiar to her work, almost as a friendly reminder to what Lady GaGa is all about. He captures their attention by using fun phrases.

Such as in his first sentence. He begins with, "thumping, strobing, razzle-dazzle dance numbers," to describe GaGa's music. The usage of her famous song quotes, "pa-pa-pa-pa-paperazzi," and "p-p-p-poker face," allows the, most likely younger generation, audience to quickly recognize the most known lyrics of her songs, if not be reintroduced to them. It sparks not only recognition right off of the first paragraph, but also puts the reader in an excited and eager to read more mind set.

Then in GaGa's description, Pareles describes her as, "freaky (in a fascinating way)", he softens the scary notation of the word freaky with the word fascinating to explain the reason of her growing fame. To fully capture her scarily unique facade, Pareles has added a picture of Lady GaGa in one of her many recognizable costumes. GaGa wears a meat dress proudly and confidently by the way she holds her head high and struts down the MTV red carpet, which many of the young readers would remember from her unforgettable 2009 performance.

Referring to the well known David Bowie, Elton John, and Madonna, all artists my middle aged parents were well familiar with in their youth, gives Pareles audience a reference point to Lady GaGa's artistic and musical platform.

Then Pareles goes on to explain the relationship between GaGa's albums "The Fame Monster" and "The Fame" to his audience that wouldn't know much about them.

He goes on to describe her stage set up, which fully encompasses her extent of lavish performance art, especially her costumes, and back up dancers. The description is descriptive and colorful, as if the reader is at one of her concerts. This allows someone who is unfamiliar with her performances become more adept to what they would encounter at one of her unforgettable shows.

After exposing the reader to GaGa's loud, exciting, and sometimes provocative performance, Pareles mentions that GaGa her January 24th show would be donated to a Haiti relief. He does this is show her caring side. The audience gets a full spectrum of whom GaGa loves her performance art as much as making music and never leaving her audience unsatisfied.

About Me

Hey it's Steph!
I've got inspirations, aspirations, and destinations just as anyone else I've met. Just as the commonly used obligatory cheesy line states, "It's not where you're going that matters, it's how you get there", I know what my goal is, but I'm having fun while getting there.
I'm passionate about what I do as a photographer and an artist. I've made multiple businesses out of my artwork and photography, on the side of being a full time student. It's made me more sociable and gain social skills I would not have had without these micro managing businesses. Therefore, I've gained more friends and more connections than I've thought possible. As my business has grown, so have I as a person.
Other than working hard, and yet still working harder, because the workload never really does recede now does it? I enjoy making crafts or writing poetry when I can. I like putting my own unique flare and my own voice into it when there's no strict guidelines. I also enjoy seeing how other express themselves in their work, with whatever they put all their passion into. I people watch in the sense that I want to see what makes someone say, act, or believe in what they care about. Hearing other people's opinions intrigues me to manicure my own beliefs.
I also am a miniature french poodle fanatic, or in other words, I adore my dog Riley. A fun fact about me is that as much as I love pets, I cannot keep a fish alive for more than a month. The less the maintenance, the more likely it will survive in my household, unless it gives love like my dog. Plants and larger animals are preferable to small tank creatures anyways.
When plants and animals become a bore, and the days are long and my house is feeling dull, my family goes on vacations to ski mountains, either in the winter to chase some trails, or in the summer to climb their peaks. Then in between when our limbs are sore from exploring hills and valleys, we take a break at the cape and rest our eyes upon Martha's Vineyard in the distance.