Over the years, it’s become clear to me that audience impacts on ‘the writer’s voice.’ As a journalist, I found this a simple formula. You give the readership (represented by the editor) the information it needs in language it can understand. But in other forms of writing – and communication – this co-relationship exists in varying degrees of subtlety.
Creative writing is influenced by audience even if – as in journaling – the audience consists of one person. This ‘one person’ may be split into two, creating – optimally – the friendship of your ‘self’ with your inner editor. But in this raw state or even if you refine your materials into poetry, novels, short fiction or plays, you remain the first and most important member of your ‘audience’ (more…)
The Difficult Conversations Gym 