Hierarchical vs territorial writing
Hierarchical vs territorial writing. What’s the difference between both? The first is based on structure, the second one in relations. What I want it’s more territorial writing and a less hierarchical one?
In a hierarchical writing, I’m always thinking in an institutionalized mindset. Who am I writing to, why, how much… in some way, I start thinking under a structured box of writer and reader, sender and receptor, where I serve to the other.
Digital social networks are the extreme of a dynamic that always has existed in this hierarchical writing. The search for readers, followers, views, is a hierarchical approach to writing.
In a hierarchical writing, you need boxes, folders, or documents. You need hierarchy. Where do I save this text? What is going to be its title or filename? Does it have a table of content? Is it part of a project? In which area do I classify it? Etcetera.
The best optimization for a text you write in a hierarchical way is to locate it in a unique place under a structure or a system. A text can have several layers of classification, but all are exclusive and hierarchical: theme, size, chapter, format, genre, etc.
In a territorial writing, you connect part of your text to other texts. It doesn’t matter the who but the topic. Boxes, folders, or documents not only…
