Framing the Audience

Right now if I had to choose which story to publish, I would choose my personal essay. My memoir is still a rough sketch. My essay is not. I feel that the audience will have a connection to the place simply by the descriptions of the land. They will be drawn into the Finger Lakes region and would be able to picture the scenery by the images I portray.

This leads me into the publication I found, Ecotone. This journal is published by the Department of Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Their specific goal is to illustrate the deep importance of place in writing.

I feel my piece has a strong connection to place. In fact once I clarify and reformat, the structure will be heavily reliant on place. This area that I wrote about has a strong character and this publication, I feel, will see this place as important. It is a central character. I think I'm rambaling but maybe I'm not.

I will polish this piece by reaffirming and reassesing my connection to this area. I will show how things are drawn to this play not coincidentally but by action. And this place will serve as the center of all my connections.