Laura Schwartz – Fall 2015 Class Portfolios http://fall15blogs.tracigardner.com Portfolios by Students in the Fall 2015 Sections Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:37:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3 Conciseness in Writing http://fall15blogs.tracigardner.com/2015/09/22/conciseness-in-writing/ Wed, 23 Sep 2015 00:45:40 +0000 http://blogs.lt.vt.edu/lauraschwartz/?p=4358 Read more →

]]> Clear and concise writing is an important aspect in all professional writing. The audience does not want to have to spend a long time trying to find the point of your paper, report, email, etc. Rather, the writing should state early on (in the first few sentences) the main point of the piece so that the audience knows what they are about to read. The audience is more likely to consider what you are saying if they are not annoyed with wasting time trying to find the main point of your writing. In a world where everybody wants things done in a timely manner, concise writing is becoming increasingly important.

]]> The Importance of Audience http://fall15blogs.tracigardner.com/2015/09/18/the-importance-of-audience/ Fri, 18 Sep 2015 14:49:46 +0000 http://blogs.lt.vt.edu/lauraschwartz/?p=4352 Read more →

]]> Audience is one of the most important aspects of writing, technical or otherwise. However, as an aspiring medical and technical writer, audience becomes a top priority. Before beginning any writing, it is important to think about who you are writing to. For example, you wouldn’t use the same language and sentence structure if you were writing to fifth graders as opposed to older adult professionals. Similarly, you wouldn’t use the same language when writing a novel aimed towards teenage girls as opposed to a manual on how to construct a bike. As a future medical writer, there are two main audiences I will be writing to. I will be writing to the general public in some cases. For this, I would use language that the average person can understand, and take extra care to explain concepts and technical words the average person wouldn’t understand. I might also be writing to professionals in the fields, in which case I will have to use the proper technical terms and will not have to give as much basic explanation, such as in a medical journal for medical professionals.

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