Comments on: Rhetorical Listening http://www.postcardsfromthefunnyfarm.com/rhetorical-listening/ Thinking outside the box. Wondering at the world. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:12:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Damien Riley http://www.postcardsfromthefunnyfarm.com/rhetorical-listening/#comment-122 Damien Riley Tue, 15 May 2007 20:07:35 +0000 http://www.postcardsfromthefunnyfarm.com/2007/05/15/rhetorical-listening/#comment-122 Oh yes, you know of us . . . Oh yes, you know of us . . .

]]> By: Riley http://www.postcardsfromthefunnyfarm.com/rhetorical-listening/#comment-121 Riley Tue, 15 May 2007 19:46:56 +0000 http://www.postcardsfromthefunnyfarm.com/2007/05/15/rhetorical-listening/#comment-121 "resist any impulses to interrupt others." Hmm. I don't know what family you're coming from... “resist any impulses to interrupt others.”
Hmm. I don’t know what family you’re coming from…

]]> By: Damien Riley http://www.postcardsfromthefunnyfarm.com/rhetorical-listening/#comment-120 Damien Riley Tue, 15 May 2007 19:30:24 +0000 http://www.postcardsfromthefunnyfarm.com/2007/05/15/rhetorical-listening/#comment-120 Hey you are welcome. This rhetorical stuff I post is fun for me, but I sometimes wonder if others like it as much. I became fascinated with the notion of "audience consideration" in grad school and to this day I am still finding new and exciting ways to do it. Listening is the most basic and most changing improvement activity we can do as writers. I am firmly convinced of it. I need to do it more . . . without the multi-tasking. Thank you for your comment. Hey you are welcome. This rhetorical stuff I post is fun for me, but I sometimes wonder if others like it as much. I became fascinated with the notion of “audience consideration” in grad school and to this day I am still finding new and exciting ways to do it.

Listening is the most basic and most changing improvement activity we can do as writers. I am firmly convinced of it. I need to do it more . . . without the multi-tasking. Thank you for your comment.

]]> By: This Eclectic Life http://www.postcardsfromthefunnyfarm.com/rhetorical-listening/#comment-119 This Eclectic Life Tue, 15 May 2007 18:56:28 +0000 http://www.postcardsfromthefunnyfarm.com/2007/05/15/rhetorical-listening/#comment-119 Damien, this is excellent advice. The benefits of learning to listen spill over into our writing as well. One thing I think that a person must remember when trying to listen is that you cannot really listen and multi-task. One of the greatest compliments a listener can pay the speaker is to stop what other things they are doing to "hear." Thanks for a good reminder to all of us. Damien, this is excellent advice. The benefits of learning to listen spill over into our writing as well. One thing I think that a person must remember when trying to listen is that you cannot really listen and multi-task. One of the greatest compliments a listener can pay the speaker is to stop what other things they are doing to “hear.”
Thanks for a good reminder to all of us.

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