Ch. 1, 20 & 22 readings

At first I didn't think I was going to like reading this text. Shockingly, it wasn't that bad. I did find some information helpful and interesting. I never thought that writing would be required for my career. In previous writing classes I remember thinking, why do I have to do this? I knew writing was important as a way to communicate but never liked the detailed research papers.

It was interesting to learn that 20% of college grads spent a minimum of one day a week, writing. Even more interesting was the fact that 3.1 billion dollars is spent every year in employee writing training. That seems extreme. That is a lot of money. Its clear now that writing, for the most part, is a requirement in any type of field. Chapter 20 had some cool stuff in it. Mainly, this weeks readings gave me a better understanding on how to reach out to the reader. I liked the You Attitude section. This was good for me because I tend to use "I" language sometime too much. Not intentionally caring about myself more then the reader but just uninformed of how it could be interpreted. I learned to focus on the reader, create a positive vibe, and to avoid negative ones. Direct patterns, which states the objective in the beginning rather then the end is good to know for things like doing memos and letters. Chapter 22 was more in depth I think because proposals are a lot more detailed. So I learned a bit about the set up structure for a proposal. Also it will be helpful to have the proposal checklist. All in all, for me, chapter 20 was the most interesting so far.