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Planning and Inventing
Arrangement
Drafting
Revision
Misfits
100
Reuse of content from previously written memos and letters
What is Good Technical Writing Practices ---- The text states that "Nelson often borrows sentences, paragraphs, sections - even graphics - and incorporates them into new proposals, reports, and correspondence"
100
Spending precious time to write a detailed outline before beginning drafting
What is Good Technical Writing Practice ---- The text states "For to Nelson, writing presupposes an outline."
100
Drafting a proposal freestyle and then using the detailed outline as a mold to adjust as felt needed
What is Bad Technical Writing Practice ---- The text states "Because he has detailed plans and outlines and is ready to incorporate previously written documents, Nelson composes each unit very efficiently"
100
Spending no time revising because if you write well the first time, it is not needed
What is bad Technical Writing Practice ---- The text states "After Nelson completes a rough draft, his secretary types it for him with spacing generous enough to permit revision"
100
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200
Seeking to write report in personal writing style to convey one's own creativity
What is Bad Technical Writing Practice ---- The text states "Nelson analyzes his audience's needs carefully not when he is making stylistic choices later in the writing process, but when he wants to generate content. Because Nelson knows that his audiences will approve or reject his proposals or judge reports useful or deficient, he thinks about their needs at the very beginning of the writing process"
200
The arrangement of the article is dependent upon the audience
What is Good Technical Writing Practice ---- The text states "his arrangements are most of all determined by the audience"
200
The use of discrete beginnings, middles, and ends and well as a clear topic sentence at the beginning of every paragraph
What is Good Technical Writing Practice ---- The text says "he composes each section or chapter around discrete beginnings, middles, and ends, and announces the purpose of paragraphs in a topic sentence or in a paragraphs first few words"
200
Doing minor changes to content without changing organization or arrangement
What is Good Technical Writing Practice ---- The text states "He removed contractions; simplified diction; deleted unnecessary words in two sentences; and edited the manuscript carefully, correcting spelling and commas"
200
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300
Maintaining a figurative and artistic tone
What is Bad Technical Writing Practice ---- The text states "Nelson has a clearly persuasive aim when he writes proposals and recommendations, and an informative goal for technical memos and progress reports."
300
The use of headings and structure from previously received Request For Quotation from company.
What is Good Technical Writing Practice ---- The text states "When he organized the Waukegan Airport Qualifications Statement, for instance, his seven sections conformed exactly with the seven criteria suggested in the RFQ"
300
Writing in 10 minutes sessions in hopes to improve creativity and insight
What is Bad Technical Writing Practice ---- The text states "he pushes forward with confidence so that the whole drafts of proposals and whole chapters of reports can be completed in one sitting"
300
Seeking revision from others as well as yourself
What is Good Technical Writing Practice ---- While the text does not technically say that Nelson seeks external revisions, it is well understood from our extensive writing experience that external revision is beneficial.
300
Technical Task Unit
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400
Before writing, pursues a further understanding of subject through literary sources and conversations with colleagues.
What is Good Technical Writing Practice ---- The text states "he visits the Northwestern University library to review the literature on a given topic. Far more often, though, he consults with his colleagues"
400
The use of a heading structure that shows creativity and boldness
What is Bad Technical Writing Practice ---- However one may choose their own preference as a last resort. The text states "Finally, 'writer preferences' on some occasions account for some of Nelson's orderings"
400
The use of short paragraphs and simple sentences to ensure simplicity and conciseness
What is Good Technical Writing Practice ---- The text states "Because he believes that long paragraphs are hard to read, Nelson writes short ones that 'give the reader a chance to breathe'." Also, " he strives for diction that is simple, denotative, and non-technical, since most of his writing goes to readers outside his organization."
400
Spending large amounts of time on revising due to making major organizational changes
What is bad Technical Writing Practices ---- The text states "revision takes up less than 5% of Nelson's time and consists of little more than superficial editing"
400
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500
Spending the majority of the writing process in this subsection
What is Good Technical Writing Practices ---- The text states "Nelson spends up to 80% of his time inventing and arranging"
500
Using the firms current convention format for proposals if the audience preference cannot be determined
What is Good Technical Writing Practice ---- The text states "If Nelson cannot determine his audience's preference for the arrangement of the proposal or report, he will adopt his firms conventional format"
500
The use of a subjective tone
What is Bad Technical Writing Practice ---- The text states "he believes that his writing demands a formal rhetorical stance"
500
Spending a larger amount of time on planning and inventing than revising
What is Good Technical Writing Practice ---- Nelson spends 80% of his time on planning and inventing while he spends 5% of his on revision. From this, one can deduct that more time should be spent on the former.
500
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