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The Author’s Purpose

JJ Sum
2 min readSep 27, 2021
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When writing, the first thing we think about is, of course, our story. What story should I write today? On Facebook, we are asked, “What’s on my mind?”

We would always want our story to have an enticing headline followed by a convincing subtitle. What some of us sometimes forget is to stick to our purpose of writing our story.

Consider the word PIE.

P — Persuade

Writing to persuade simply means to convince our readers. To make your followers in this platform believe in something, you need to make sure that your writing clearly states your purpose why they ought to believe and agree with your idea.

To persuade readers, you can write Why essays, political speeches, and a product or a movie review, which is my favorite reading material by the way.

Consider including words such as should, encouraged, need, urged, or clauses like, If we do these, we…

Your goal is to attempt to change your readers’ minds and get them to do and act something about what was written.

I — Inform

Writing to inform basically means to present or give information about a particular issue, person, event, etc. To do this properly, you need to include reliable sources or…

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JJ Sum

A wife, mom of 3, & a TEFL certified tutor. I write about Mothering, Family, Relationships, Remote work topics, and Trending matters.