Chapter 8
This chapter seemed on the surface to be somewhat paradoxical - write with a reader-centered voice, but use your own voice. It was not until I got deeper into the chapter that I was able to reconcile the two perspectives. On the one hand, you need to write so the reader can receive your message without being unduly influenced by your writing "voice". At the same time, you create your own "voice" within the framework of knowing your audience and the intent of your writing. The reference to Linus Pauling and his ability to write technical papers while retaining a distinctive style provided a strong example of matching "voice" with a reader-centered approach.
The remainder of the chapter went into some nuts and bolts for constructing sentences that support effective reader-centered writing.
Chapter 19
At first, Chapter 19 felt like a digression from writing, resembling instead a primer on project management. It was when I realized that virtually every writing assignment can benefit from the principals and guidelines of good project management that I understo0od why it was included in the book. To write effectively, particularly for client projects (the focus of the chapter), the writer must stay on task and on time. Good project management practices can help accomplish that.
This chapter seemed on the surface to be somewhat paradoxical - write with a reader-centered voice, but use your own voice. It was not until I got deeper into the chapter that I was able to reconcile the two perspectives. On the one hand, you need to write so the reader can receive your message without being unduly influenced by your writing "voice". At the same time, you create your own "voice" within the framework of knowing your audience and the intent of your writing. The reference to Linus Pauling and his ability to write technical papers while retaining a distinctive style provided a strong example of matching "voice" with a reader-centered approach.
The remainder of the chapter went into some nuts and bolts for constructing sentences that support effective reader-centered writing.
Chapter 19
At first, Chapter 19 felt like a digression from writing, resembling instead a primer on project management. It was when I realized that virtually every writing assignment can benefit from the principals and guidelines of good project management that I understo0od why it was included in the book. To write effectively, particularly for client projects (the focus of the chapter), the writer must stay on task and on time. Good project management practices can help accomplish that.
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