goal #1

For my english 214 class we are reading selected chapters from John R. Tremble's, Writing with Style and something that really turned on the lightbulb was chapter 7 on readability. I understand that this is just a blog, nothing more or less, and that most people like myself are writing for themselves. The whole point of readability is connecting with your reader and being natural. Tremble says, "It [being natural] shows me that he or she trusts me enough to show vulnerability and not be afraid of me," which I feel I do exemplify yet also lack. From now on I am going to try and have prose that is precise, conscious, easy and fresh. I just feel like I try so hard not to give names and specifics that my blog becomes formal and stuffy. So I'll try and write like I am talking to you the readers (even if there is only two) as if you were sitting across the coffee table from me with a danish in one hand and a look of enticement spread on your face.