Sorry. It's called effective writing. I suggest you make more of an effort to tailor your writing according to what's in the head of the reader, not just what's in your own head. How well you can do that depends on how well you understand the minds of the readers you want to reach. Accommodate them. As a caveat, I read only a little bit of your stuff, and maybe that isn't representative. But I'm not interested in putting more effort into it. Sorry.
That's a little more clear, thanks. "The reader" is a complex concept, as you imply. And you're not wrong that I'm struggling with it. Glenn Greenwald often discusses the tense relation between honest expression of unpopular positions and the "audience capture" of the writer that militates against it. His "audience capture" sounds much like your
"accommodate them."
As far as the rest, you win some readers, you lose others. Cups of tea and all that.
Upon reflection, I'm not aiming at a "general audience." For a six-and-counting-post series on a 4000-year-old literary epic? Lol, that's as niche as it gets.
Maybe I'm thick, but I'm not clear on your point....
Sorry. It's called effective writing. I suggest you make more of an effort to tailor your writing according to what's in the head of the reader, not just what's in your own head. How well you can do that depends on how well you understand the minds of the readers you want to reach. Accommodate them. As a caveat, I read only a little bit of your stuff, and maybe that isn't representative. But I'm not interested in putting more effort into it. Sorry.
That's a little more clear, thanks. "The reader" is a complex concept, as you imply. And you're not wrong that I'm struggling with it. Glenn Greenwald often discusses the tense relation between honest expression of unpopular positions and the "audience capture" of the writer that militates against it. His "audience capture" sounds much like your
"accommodate them."
As far as the rest, you win some readers, you lose others. Cups of tea and all that.
Upon reflection, I'm not aiming at a "general audience." For a six-and-counting-post series on a 4000-year-old literary epic? Lol, that's as niche as it gets.