Writing and Oration

It seems worth finding ways to make the skills learned in writing more applicable to other realms. By comparing and contrasting writing with other skills, you could come up with new ways to apply it.  Naturally, skill in writing would transfer most completely in the arena of language.

Both writing and oration take the general form of "language" but there are many distinctive qualities to each which overlap and contrast.  While oration was forbearer to any ink on paper, it is true that quality writing is the precursor to good oration.  The differences between the two are most distinct in how they are perceived, and the way thoughts become language.

Writers are situated with a barrier of space and time between themselves and their audience.  This means that writers may give as much thought to a point or idea as they wish, but must bridge information to an audience that is not present. Because of this quality of time available, the reader naturally expects some depth and completeness of ideas, and can be put off by repetition of ideas.  Oration differs by how the thoughts are collected beforehand and committed to memory.  From there, each idea must be recalled after a point is made. Additionally, information is conveyed very rapidly through speaking. Because of this and the varying attention in an audience, repetition of ideas is a key feature to success in oration, not a failing.

 A writer has his thoughts committed to a page, and those concepts may as well be imbued in granite as they cannot tailor themselves to the mood or attentiveness of the pair of eyes that scan it.  Contrastingly, an orator may take cues from his audience.