This blog is about Knowing Your Audience, last week we each asked a question to provoke thought and responses from our classmates. This was a fun assignment. The question I posted was about a favorite song. Music is important to me, it is a form of expression, much like writing is for me. It was interesting to see what people responded with. The specific song or type of music can say a lot about someone's personality. Someone mentioned that it's not just the lyrics but the sound of the music. "It's comforting to me." I love that statement. That is how I feel about music.
There were all kinds of questions. Some were deep and made me think. Others were fun and easy to respond to. I think we have all types of people in this class. Lots of ideas and personality. I am so excited to be in class with this group of people. My favorite questions was about going to prison tomorrow. There were a lot of different answers for each question, like favorite foods. Some like certain types of food and others certain dishes. That was a fun one to respond to. Most of us are thankful for our families, that was really nice to read. I really enjoyed this writing assignment. I feel like I know each of you just a little bit better. If we need to get together for a class thing then I will bring the chips and salsa!
This is something that I think more classes ought to do. Not about knowing your audience but knowing your peers. It amazes me how much better you can learn or how you can help a fellow classmate if you know they have kids or work a graveyard shift. As far as writing goes, it does open a door to writing. It gives you a rough idea of the things that you think they want to hear or do not want to hear. I am not sure how this would work for a professional writer but for students in this class I feel that it does give us some insight.
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