I
would say that the largest contribution circulation has on the composing
process would be the need for the writing to contain or be about something worth
circulating. If someone is writing a piece arguing for equal rights, they need
to make it note-worthy. They need to be organized, easy to understand, and
clear. They need to have a message other people can relate to—whether to agree
with it or disagree with it. If you observe a Facebook newsfeed, the shared
posts are funny, meaningful, beautiful, or it involves cats and/or dogs and/or
cute animals. People circulate these messages with their friends and families
because they think those people could get something from it (e.g. a laugh, a
good feeling, etc.)
Other
than humorous things, messages with meaning are also circulated. A post about
what a person did fifteen minutes ago usually isn’t shared. It’s boring, nobody
cares. A message only has a potential for circulation if it’s about something
important. A well-made argument has more potential of being circulated than the
words of someone who has no idea what they’re talking about.
Circulation,
or the potential of, also alters the writing process by dictating the medium
used to write the message. If the author only wants to send a message to one
person, he or she probably wouldn’t write it as an update on their Facebook
profile. In turn, this could also affect the language used. For example a
message to one person using a text as their medium would probably be filled with
slang and shorthand speech.
Circulation
is like the publishing agent of every piece of writing. Circulation deems
whether an argument or persuasion is successful. A message only read by one
person isn’t very effective. A monumental speech, like the “I Have a Dream”
speech or The Gettysburg Address is known to millions of people, and they were
successful.
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