Prompt 4


The relationship between the reader and the writer is crucial. If the reader does not make the connection what prompts them to read the book? He does this a lot throughout this book to keep the readers attention. Foster says, “As you know by now, from time to time I like to give you life advice…impart to you, so listen up.” (76) He talks to the reader as if they are in the same room as home so that they will continue to read and find out what he has to “personally” tell them next. The connection between the reader and the writer needs to be created at the beginning of the book, so that the writer can hold the attention of the reader. The reader can begin to sort of believe that they are in the piece or writing is they have made the right connection to the book. For the writer to get the connection he needs, he has to be creative. People can interpret the idea of the author in many different ways, so the only way that the author can be sure the grab each audience member’s attention is to be creative in a way where the reader can believe what they want while reading that piece of writing. He also says to foreshadow events so that the audience will notice the details that were said earlier in the book. The idea that the relationship between a reader and writer is very true when it comes to being a successful writer.

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  1. UnknownJuly 25, 2017 at 6:26 PM

    I wholeheartedly agree with you when you say that it is important for a writer to establish a personal relationship with the reader. I find that it does much to hold a reader’s attention, and I personally enjoy books more when I feel a deep connection to the author and what they are writing. This connection helps the author to show a point easier while it keeps a reader engaged and enthusiastic about what they are reading. I know that this connection held my attention in Foster’s book, for although I usually find non-fiction and information texts dull his book more engaging. When an author does not establish that connection, the story or point the author is telling seems more detached and unfamiliar.

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