Audience

The Writer's Audience Is Always a Fiction
Walter J. Ong wis writing about audience in this essay and the differences between the audience for the speaker and the audience for the writer. An audience for a speaker is in front of them and can offer feedback on the spot. A writers audience is something that the writer has to imagine. They are not certain who is going to be reading their work all the time so they have to fictionalize their audience like past successful writers.
A writer not only has the job of creating his or her audience they are supposed to involve them in the work. The writer has to catch the readers attention with imagery and scenery. They also have to form a connection with the reader so the reader will be interested enough to turn the page. Some writers will create many different characters in their story so it can give the reader someone to relate to. I have noticed that the books I read for enjoyment have a character that I can somehow relate to. Sometimes it is their characteristics, or sometimes I find characteristics in the characters that I desire for myself.
Creating an audience is a difficullt task, but it becomes more difficult when writers write letters or diaries. When an author writers a work they are writing for an audience, whereas when a writer writes a diary or letter, they can not appear that they writing for a specific audience. Diaries and letters are more personal, so that is what makes them harder, the writer has to find a way to write for an audience without making it obvious.