Two areas of skill, however, may help the writer. First, practice lets them anticipate the reader’s response and the effect that their writing will have on them. Second, the writer may develop specific skills that will help the writing to be clear and well-directed toward the purpose. In the end, the writer-reader relationship doesn’t seem so complex.
All writing falls somewhere along the writing spectrum. Of course you could classify writing in many different ways, but the way that I’ve found most useful is the formal – casual continuum. This determines the styles available to you as a writer.
Each area has rules—following or breaking these rules will have specific impacts of which you should be aware.
The University of Life Writing Center will cover many areas across the writing spectrum. The goal is to make you aware of your many choices, the results that your choices may have, and to help you develop the ability to make these stylistic choices with confidence and wisdom and to develop in you the skills needed to then carry out those choices effectively.
We’re not satisfied by just making you write one more paper, or even to teach you to write a solid writer of research papers. The University of Life believes that you will profit more in both the long- and short-term by learning to make and understand your own choices and develop the skills needed to carry them out effectively. The possession of these two abilities will qualify you as a writer.