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Toby's article definitely made me think a bit deeper about how my writing changes. He brings up a lot of good points when talking about the role of audiences. I never really considered myself as being an audience but he is right when he says that you are your first audience. I change my tone drastically when writing an email to a friend compared to writing a paper for this class. Obviously. I hope everyone does, or else they will have to take this class again. The strange thing is that I do it without even knowing that I'm doing it. If I am writing a paper for this class my composition, tone, diction, everything is different than if I were writing out a critique for an art class. It is an important skill to have, being able to write and get your ideas out consistently to different audiences. It's almost like how stores at the mall such as Abercrombie & Crap scent their air ducts with their perfume to attract people into the store. Your tone and the way you present yourself in your writing can make all the difference, especially in a persuasive essay or something of the sort. Informative writing, as far as that goes, I notice people's tones tend to be kind of dry. Unless they have a lot of passion behind the given subject matter. You wouldn't want to write a research paper in a conversational tone, it just wouldnt get the point across very clearly. Overall, I like Toby's examples and the way he explains things, it gave me a different perspective on things I wasn't even fully aware I was doing. He talks about how we are better at talking because we have more practice with it and we can read the expressions on peoples faces, but its the same with writing; it takes practice.