Breathe Right

Sometimes people need to clear the air as it were so they can see what is in front of them. I am no different.

My last post was the direct responce to soupy fog and blurred vision. Not to say the picture was completely out of focus, just that without layers of built up anger about, I am not feeling as aggrieved.

Which brings me to something completly different.

When you write something, you have to assume it will be read. From a note to your spouse to pick up the dry cleaning to the next great American novel, which will most likey be about an unfulfilled life in suburbia.

The thing to keep in mind is that writing, unlike a conversation, leaves considerable room for interpretation. It is the responsibility of the author to be clear as to communicate what they mean and the reader to be sure they understand what was written in the absence of the author's clarity. A foggy message is not good writing and it is not clever.

The problem of being unclear can be limited by author in knowing who they write for. This is the same for any type of communication. This is why people who use jargon specific to an occupation in conversation with poepl outside the occupation always sound confusing.