How to Write With Discourse and What it Means to put Yourself in Your Writing

Understanding discourse is integral to life, to do this you first need to be able to differentiate the forms of discourse. Primary discourse is what you are born into, namely your family. Family is the main example of primary discourse because you do not choose to be born into the world, but when you are your family is the first group that you are imbedded into. The opposite of this is are secondary discourses which are groups you choose to be in. These discourses can be split up further into dominant and non dominant discourses. Dominant discourses being those that allow you to get some sort of gain from said group. Some examples of this would be college. College is something you choose to go to, and because you attend you attain knowledge, social status, and the opportunity to gain more income. Non dominant discourses are things like friend groups. You choose to be in these groups but you do not necessarily gain any social good from being in them.

You have probably been told from teachers that you should not include personal pronouns in your writing: I, me, my, etc. But when you are allowed to add these personal pronouns, it often helps the reader and the writer. For the writer it can often make them feel more connected to the writing, and it can act as an emotional release for writers that like to write about personal experiences. For the reader it can help them connect to the writing and understand where the writer is coming from and connect to them and their writing. While this is important there are ways to put yourself in your writing without using first person narratives. By finding your voice and putting that voice into your writing, it can make you that more passionate about your work, and that work more desirable to read.