Chapter 3 thoughts.

Chapter three is a follow-up chapter from chapter two taking one of the main writing techniques and going into great detail about it. The main idea is clearly to find the goals and objectives of your writing. However as I read on it was slowly revealed that my definition of goals and objectives in a writing were very different from the books. I took them as including the correct types of information or subject matter that was intended. A paper should make sure that it adequately covers the requested or proposed material. I am talking about the physical data or words that the reader is looking for and the book takes a more abstract approach.

I remember in chapters one and two they had put a lot of emphasis on writing for your reader. They discussed many types of ways to do this including ethical, educational and professional. They wanted to stress the importance of knowing your audience. This is a very good point and is a large part of the writing but as chapter three progresses they start to really narrow it down on finding out about the reader. They seem to not only want you to know the exact person but also know how he or she is going to respond or perceive your writing. Again this is an important concept but what really got to me was that it seemed like they were really wanting us to get inside of the readers head and make sure that they got everything we wanted them to and to respond exactly how we wanted them to.

This chapter really sets a very high standard and has some very unlikely expectations. They include alot of phsycology and a little manipulative or mind reading almost. Basically I just don't think that unless you have a decent background in phsycology that most would find it very difficult to know how a person will respond especially someone whom you most likely will not know on a personal level. An interoffice letter or memo would be much easier to get the desired results. I think that knowing a little about the person your writing to will will be extremely helpful but thats about all I think you need . There isn't any need to find out what kind of a mood they are in that day so they don't take last nights loss on the trifecta out on your investment proposal.