One of the most interesting—to me, at least—phenomena in writing is when readers find meaning in stories that the writer, candidly admits to not putting into the work.
Readers are pattern-seekers, and are prone to find any number of magic words, sentences, paragraphs or overall meanings in the words they read.
If you’ve been reading, writing—and reading about writers—for any length of time, you will be aware of this.
There is another side to this idea. Jargon.
When we write about ideas or processes which are not widely understood publicly, we take the chance of confusing our readers. While it is true a certain amount of jargon flavors our work, and perhaps drives our readers to the Internet to look things up, it can drive them away as well.
The most insidious types of jargon are those that are well-known by the writer. Someone who is very familiar with certain words and concepts often forgets that what he or she knows is not easily understood by others. Confusion is common, anger, too, when what you write does not respect your reader.
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