John Trimble

John Trimble makes the case that all writers are like warriors, defending claims and fortifying arguments. How do you responsd to this trope, this figurative tura ?

    In a sense Trimble is right. We are the warriors and our pens our swords. As writers, or should I say warriors, we constantly create, and in order to get the audience- or land/ territory to our side we must defend both ourselves and our writing. We must use strategies to entice the audience, persuade them, get them to understand our side and perhaps by the end of our battle, we'll have won and they'll be on our side of the argument.    Any warrior, does not not what is to come of him during the battle. In order to win, the commander constructs strategies to win the battle sending their warriors forth. In the sense of writing, writers, whom do not know their audiences, need to construct their work tactically. In a sense, they need to construct it with both their ideas and arguments to support their ideas. This keeps them in overall shape and prepared for any battle against the audience.