Linda Flower : “Writer –base-prose: a cognitive basis for problems in writing” College English Vol. 41 No.1 (sep. 1979), Pg 19-37
Linda Flower states that a lot of writers have a hard time communicating to their reader what they want to say. She said that these problems mainly happen because the writers are uncertain of how to transform their ideas in to a piece of writing that is both logical and understandable to the reader. She explained that writer-base prose is like the inner voice that tells the writer what to write; she goes on to say that most of these writings are egocentric and that in this type of writing the author have an easy time putting their thoughts down, but have a hard time leading the reader form one thought to another. In the other hand reader-base-prose is the complete opposite; here the author puts himself in the readers “shoes.” In reader-base-prose the author chooses carefully the function, structure of the easy, and the style of the text so that the text is more understandable to the reader, and still effective enough to get his point across.
How are the writing styles different between writer-base-prose and reader-base-prose?
One of the writing styles, writer-base-prose, is more focus on the emotions, thoughts and experiences of the writer; rather than focus on making sure that the text is understandable to the reader. In this type of writing the author does not take his audience into consideration he/she basically write what’s on his/her mind; this make the text really difficult for the reader to read, understand, and most importantly it is difficult for them to make connections to the text. Now reader-base-prose is the complete opposite to writer-base-prose; in reader-base-prose the author of the text puts him/her self in the readers position and tries to make his writing as simple and as understandable as he can. He tries to utilize writing as efficiently as possible to get his point across as fast as possible. In this type of writing the author takes careful consideration in the structure of the easy, and the style of the text; because s/he wants to make sure s/he gets his/her point across. This process takes longer than writer-base-prose, but I believe that it’s the more efficient way of writing; because you’re more likely to get your point across to your audience.
Linda Flower states that a lot of writers have a hard time communicating to their reader what they want to say. She said that these problems mainly happen because the writers are uncertain of how to transform their ideas in to a piece of writing that is both logical and understandable to the reader. She explained that writer-base prose is like the inner voice that tells the writer what to write; she goes on to say that most of these writings are egocentric and that in this type of writing the author have an easy time putting their thoughts down, but have a hard time leading the reader form one thought to another. In the other hand reader-base-prose is the complete opposite; here the author puts himself in the readers “shoes.” In reader-base-prose the author chooses carefully the function, structure of the easy, and the style of the text so that the text is more understandable to the reader, and still effective enough to get his point across.
How are the writing styles different between writer-base-prose and reader-base-prose?
One of the writing styles, writer-base-prose, is more focus on the emotions, thoughts and experiences of the writer; rather than focus on making sure that the text is understandable to the reader. In this type of writing the author does not take his audience into consideration he/she basically write what’s on his/her mind; this make the text really difficult for the reader to read, understand, and most importantly it is difficult for them to make connections to the text. Now reader-base-prose is the complete opposite to writer-base-prose; in reader-base-prose the author of the text puts him/her self in the readers position and tries to make his writing as simple and as understandable as he can. He tries to utilize writing as efficiently as possible to get his point across as fast as possible. In this type of writing the author takes careful consideration in the structure of the easy, and the style of the text; because s/he wants to make sure s/he gets his/her point across. This process takes longer than writer-base-prose, but I believe that it’s the more efficient way of writing; because you’re more likely to get your point across to your audience.
i like the question because it asks what is the difference and then your response it says "Now reader-base-prose is the complete opposite to writer-base-prose". i found it funny. :)
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