When I think about the word audience, I see people and these people are the readers or listeners of an artist. When I think of audience I think about the literature, music, art, and talent. When thinking of audience, I also think understanding, knowledge, teaching, and learning. Your audience is important to writing because they are who judge your text and spark conversation about your writing. My definition helps me understand why the authors write and the audience they are trying to engage. Each author is not trying to pull in the audience of everyone in the world or in the unites states. The authors target a certain population and make their text appealing to this group. Chris Wilcha complicates the notion of audience through narration because he is not talking to an audience or a person, we are hearing his thoughts through 3rd person. In Anzaldua text I noticed that when it comes to audience some individuals may not except what you are saying because you have a different accent, you are form a different nationality, race, or religion. This makes it challenging to gain a bigger audience and allow your writing or word to become more popular.
My definition of audience has not necessarily changed, but these readings did make me think about understanding and acceptance. Not everyone will be interested in hearing what you have to say, and their reasoning may not always be fair.
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