Hey Frank!
Oh, okay.
Hey, Frank’s assistant!
Could you tell Frank, he might be the world’s biggest selling horror author, but has he ever tried writing anything else?
There are different purposes for writing, you know, why that piece of writing is being written.
If you were looking to entertain you could use jokes.
To express or describe something you could use poetry.
Or you might want to argue or persuade your point of view.
And of course you can teach, explain and evaluate.
What if you were writing for a newspaper?
Imagine what would happen if you wrote a news article in the same way you write your scary stories.
Maybe instead of scaring people, you should inform them with facts.
Got the hang of that I see!
Well done Frank, thinking about your writing’s purpose before you start will mean it’s more likely to be understood by your readers…oh, and your fans.
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There are lots of different purposes for writing - entertainment, expression, description, explanation, evaluation and information are just some of them.
When you are writing, don’t forget the purpose or who the audience will be.
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