journal 10

Even though I have not noticed a difference in writing style for my various essays, I believe that the style of a work should depend on the audience. It is not a good idea to write a paper for entrance into a graduate school program the same way that one would write a paper for a creative writing class. For this class, I always know that the paper will be read by the same person so that may be a reason why I have not changed my writing style from paper to paper. However, in general, it depends of the actual type of writing. If it is writing for pleasure or for a class, then people should keep a consistent voice because that is what defines a writer. But for more important essays such as an application essay, then it should always be in a formal style. But for my writing, it seems like it was all in a more similar voice just because I had the idea in my mind that it was going to be read by the same person each time.