The Attributes of Age
People in general, and writers in particular, tend to stereotype the attributes of age more than just about any other character trait. There are, of course, the physical aspects of age, ranging from size, smoothness of skin, strength, mobility to the various ailments associated with our progress through life. Then there are the mental and emotional qualities that we expect to find at various points in life. But the process of aging involves some far more subtle components to our journey through life.
This blog goes on to talk about how many characters in novels are similar and unoriginal, giving the authors opinion on how to make creative and new protagonists as well as other characters. The text uses low frequency lexis making us aware that the target audience are for those who are keen on the subject and are of an older age range. The blog speaks to it's audience with imperative sentences such as, 'You owe it to your characters.' Including the word 'you' makes this audience feel much more involved.
There are more ways that the author makes the audience feel included, by admitting parts about their lives in first person for example, 'I can’t remember the last time I ran full-
As well as this they use a conclusion at the end to finish their lengthy piece, if I were to write a similar blog with a similar word count I would do this as it is a nice way to finish and is easier if somebody would like to see the most important facts and opinions you have.
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