Context, Syntax, and More

Words will often take on different meanings depending on how they are used. If we take words out of context, the meaning changes completely. Syntax and jargon become important too. We don't want to be overly technical in our writing unless, of course, we are writing a technical paper. Most of us aren't going to that extreme.

We want to be careful that we are giving our readers enough information by putting that information in context within the story. Exploding planets might make a good piece of an Armageddon story, but not in an every day type of tale. If we're using exploding stars as an image for something else, we must view this information within the larger picture. Taken by itself, this image could be quite disturbing.

We have to remember the audience that we are writing for also. This makes much of what we write make sense. If the audience fails to get our message, we have failed in our mission as writers.