Chapter 8 and 19

Chapter 8 steps away from the rigid structure of technical writing and discusses how to bring your style through all the rules and formats. I had originally thought about this when I first started reading about style in writing. Because technical writing has alot of formats and rules that need to be followed it seemed that it would be much more difficult to show your writing style through all of that. This is where the book comes up with some rules to help you accomplish this. The first is create your own voice and the other two are kind of ways to help do the first. Next they say to use the right words and watch your sentence structure. By doing these you should be able to keep a basic display of your style in your technical writing.

Chapter 19 brings about the idea of creating a communication project for the reader. Because we have two main goals we want to accomplish with our writing, keeping the reader happy and also getting him to agree with your ideas. These two are not always easy to have in the same piece of writing. That is why some of the other chapter topics are so important. The biggest one would probably be knowing as much about the culture, personality and the business of the reader. The more you know about your reader the easier it will be to not upset or offend them. The more habitual this part is the easier you will find it to pursuade them without any negative consequences.