Elizabeth Wardle’s You Can’t Teach Writing, in General, holds the basic idea of “knowing your audience”. Wardle believes that when it comes to writing it is important to consider who you are writing for and what values they might hold. For example, you can’t jump into business writing using skills from journalism or screenplay writing. Wardle believes that there is no way to write that appeals to the values of all readers. It is something that I agree with in the space of creative writing. A character’s story I always resonated with has been Spider-man but when considering the prospect of writing a story for the character, I find myself shrinking from the idea. I attribute this to a lack of understanding of what makes a “good” Spider-man story. And I feel that this admittance of my own limitation in writing strengthens Wardle’s views on “writing in general”.
Elizabeth Wardle’s You Can’t Teach Writing, in General, holds the basic idea of “knowing your audience”. Wardle believes that when it comes to writing it is important to consider who you are writing for and what values they might hold. For example, you can’t jump into business writing using skills from journalism or screenplay writing. Wardle believes that there is no way to write that appeals to the values of all readers. It is something that I agree with in the space of creative writing. A character’s story I always resonated with has been Spider-man but when considering the prospect of writing a story for the character, I find myself shrinking from the idea. I attribute this to a lack of understanding of what makes a “good” Spider-man story. And I feel that this admittance of my own limitation in writing strengthens Wardle’s views on “writing in general”.
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