Medium A note on the structural development of this introductory essay. And to avoid confusion, a map of this section is also available.
Writing is a form of communication .
When we write something down we cross a divide from a personal thought to a public expression. In each of these activities the person writing has defined an audience to him or herself. The nature of that audience greatly influences both the style and the content of what's being written. Reading is reading is reading . The deconstructionists tell us that each reading of a book is a personal reading, that no two readers read the same book in the same way, and that active reading is a way of writing anew what we read.