I often explain to my students that they need to know who they are writing for - who will be their intended audience? 

I remind students that they aren’t just writing to complete an assignment, and I’m NOT supposed to be their ONLY audience, especially in our class. 

 In this episode I’m going to be talking about the intended audience- which also points to a purpose for writing as well.

The first segment will talk about how sometimes you write only for yourself.

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 The second segment mentions the ATPRS strategy for figuring out who your intended audience is. 

A=audience T=Topic P=Purpose R = Role S= Style

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Writing Journal Prompts given during this podcast:

Entry 1:  For five to ten minutes freewrite about who you want to write for and why? Knowing why you write is important for growth as a writer. I had my students write a letter to me at the beginning of the school year where they answered these same questions.

Entry 2:  Make a list of topics in your writer’s journal. Topics that interest you. Topics you’re passionate about. Then, decide which topics are for your eyes only, and those you’d like to share with an audience. 

Entry 3: Choose ONE of those topics and use the ATPRS strategy on it - Who will your intended audience be? What will be the specific topic? (Did you research it? Are people looking for it?) What will your purpose be? To entertain, to inform, to argue, to express, to tell a story ? What role will you take on? What writing style will you use?

Music Credit: “Come Inside” by Snowflake (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/snowflake/59564 Ft: Starfrosch, Jerry Spoon, Kara Square, spinningmerkaba