Defining Community and its Relationship with Writing

 Communities, in my opinion, are composed of the people who reside in, commonly go to, and/or work in a specific area. Basically, a community is a group of people who have some sort of relationship to a given place or group. The people in the state of Florida are just as much a community as the students and staff of Florida State University, and even the people in ENC 1101 with Professor Cirio. Similarly, the audience an author is aiming his or her work towards is also a community. This group of people relate to writing because they depict what the author is writing about, the language and grammar they use, and the tone of the work. For example, the way one would text a group message with their closest friends is far different from how the same person would write a letter to the board of trustees at their university. Both are forms of writing, but differ so greatly because of the community of people they were intended for. In the text message, one may use acronyms, slang, or foul language that would be appropriate for the community of friends, but not for the community of trustees. While writing the Harry Potter series, JK Rowling had to consider the appropriate language – make sure it is not to advanced, nor too elementary – for the community of tweens/teens she wanted to read her books, which in turn depicted the content of her novels. Therefore, the community the author is writing for has a great relationship with the writing itself.