WRITING FOR THE EAR

WRITING FOR THE EAR

Write for a listener who:

• hears each sentence once;
• is moving;
• is navigating;
• hears the city simultaneously;
• cannot visually rescan the text.

Operational principles:

• write on location;
• use short sentences;
• use one idea per sentence;
• use direct syntax;
• address the listener;
• write in present time;
• measure in seconds;
• speak the text aloud;
• test every instruction physically;
• write every pause.

Language may later become poetic, but initial wayfinding must remain functional.