The action of writing is a practice that demands introspection in equal amounts of observation, you must know yourself before you can begin to write about something or someone else. Take in to consideration Alan in Wardle’s “Identity, authority, and learning to write in new workplaces.” An arrogant man who acts as though he is just as great as he lets himself out to be, alienating himself from everyone in his own perceived sense of superiority. Alan is a man who believes he has any true authority when in fact he has the exact opposite – none.
I don’t consider myself an Alan in the sense that I have any authority in the fields of literature or any field for that matter. The manner in which I interpret authority when considering Wardle’s approach is that authority mean master, a complete understanding and the ability to convey that understanding in a manner easy to understand for those without it.
That is something that can be applied to any true form of writing as authors of a multitude of genres telling stories that convey their own opinion of real life social or cultural topics. However, in order to write that an individual must be first capable of understanding what their opinions are and how they can express it in an appropriate manner fitting for their select audience. There is no such thing as writing just for the sake of it, a writing is in some manner has the opinions of the author, the trick is that an author must be capable of recognizing it.
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