I don't think I really change myself for much. When I do change I like it to be for a particular or specific reason. When it comes to writing narratives or anything remotely first person in any way whatsoever, I only like it to sound as though I were talking to the person. Why do I like writing like that? Because if I were to read an essay out loud I want it to have the same flow, the same meaning, the same meter as if it will when someone reads it later. Why do I want it to sound like that? Because I want whoever reads it to feel as though I am speaking to them, even if they are not part of that 'intended audience,' which coincidentally, I like to think is a load of bull when it comes to narratives, stories, poems, or anything else that you write from yourself (as opposed to researched things).
Why should it matter to me, the writer, who reads my work? If my story is true, logical, and truly universal, even if people cannot relate to it, they will be able to comprehend or understand it. Also, if (omnipotent benevolent being willing) I like to write because I enjoy writing about what I'm writing, should I care at all who reads it? I'm writing about a concert I went to. I had fun. My friends had fun. It was an amazing night. No racial slurs were slung. Nobody was killed. Why should I care who reads it and what they think about how they wrote it? If everyone wrote and sounded like I did it would never be fun to pick up a novel again, ever. Authors' unique voices are why I do or do not keep reading their work. Hence why I keep coming back to and re-reading Ray Bradbury. Skip through the actual stories and characters, just look at how he writes. It sure doesn't hurt that he writes about things I find fascinating, but how he writes it is what gives his books a special place on my bookshelf.
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