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Smith, Janet S.; Schmidt, David L. – Visible Language, 1996
Tests widely-held associations among script types, genres, writers, and target readers via statistical analysis in popular Japanese fiction. Subjects texts to lexical analysis to see whether choice of vocabulary can account for variability in script selection. Finds that Japanese writers fashion their script type choices to specific contexts, as…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Context Effect, Fiction, Higher Education
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Kettel, Raymond P. – English Journal, 1994
Presents a transcript of an interview with successful young adult author Jerry Spinelli. Describes the techniques and writing strategies used by Spinelli. Discusses ways of generating stories, and the author's concept of his audience. (HB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Audience Awareness, Authors, Creative Writing