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Professional Writers: Rhetorical Engineers. Brad Fawaz. Roles of a Writer:. Document Publishing Communicator Journalist Department Mediator. Report Findings. Common Conclusions: Value of inside knowledge Meeting expected structure/detail (developing proper context)
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Professional Writers: Rhetorical Engineers Brad Fawaz
Roles of a Writer: • Document Publishing • Communicator • Journalist • Department Mediator
Report Findings • Common Conclusions: • Value of inside knowledge • Meeting expected structure/detail (developing proper context) • Weaver (Working between Departments/Academia) • Collaborative foundation for action
What is a Professional Writer? • Brain to the organizational body • User of rhetorical tools to produce anticipated response/outcome (engineering opinion) • Primary ennobler of information, understanding, and perspective
Development as a PW • Continuous progression • Not “how to write that report, but will be able to figure out how to write it” from academia (Gee) • “…more a matter of developing strategies for social and intellectual adaptations to different professional communities than acquiring a set of generic skills” (Forsberg)
Challenges for the Future Writer • Expected to understand context from reader’s perspective • Develop context around audience(s) via experience in and out of the classroom • “To promote action and to inform decision making” (MacKinnon)
A Rhetorical Engineer’s Toolbox • As the essential guider of professional action, you must keep proper implementation of the following in mind: