Blog Post 1: Quotation on Writing

" I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden." -Frances Hodgson Burnett

There is a section of the quote that says "To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden." This particular section of the quote stresses the importance of immersing yourself in the topic of choice or at least "putting yourself in their shoes" to fully understand and communicate what you are writing. By not doing so you are not being a good communicator.

Being a writer does not necessarily mean that you are a good communicator; as is proven by those whose books "flop" or are deemed as "bad literature"; to be a good writer you first must become a good communicator. Several issues that arise when writers are not good communicators can be lack of a specific purpose; they have not thoroughly thought about what they wanted to achieve and how to go about achieving it. Authors often have trouble communicating when they do not think about the audience they are trying to relate to and the communication strategy. For instance, if an author were to write a novel catered to a younger audience between the ages of twelve to twenty-one a good author would tend to not use words one would use in a dissertation! Their language and plot line would be catered to a younger audience, a sprinkle of suspense and a dash of mystery, an intriguing title to draw us in (such as Breaking Dawn), and cool cover art suggesting a larger concept or metaphor within the novel itself (like a large white pawn in the foreground shadowing a smaller red pawn).

How they arrange and combine their communication strategies would help them be better communicators. One could assert that not a one person likes to read books that jump from one idea to the next while never connecting. It differs from novels such as Beloved where the author jumps from narrator to narrator and spaces in time; at the end of the novel it all comes together to create a masterpiece called good literature!