Editorial Report 9a

In this post, I will share my rough cut and my re-edited version of a section in my QRG.

Selection from rough-cut

Why is rhetorical situation so crucial when one is professionally writing?

In my interviews, I asked “Is there anything about professional communication in the medical field that you think students should know?”

Dantzler replied, “The one thing I would emphasize is before you present anything, organize your thoughts and decide what you are going to present and who you are presenting to. The biggest problem is always writing for graduate students; it is hard to teach them to write, it takes so much time and most students don’t know how to write because they aren’t taught in junior high and high school. When you are writing something, remember to keep track of parallel ideas and sentence structure. You can’t have inappropriate writing styles, especially when presenting science. Make an outline even of a sentence; if you are organized, your writing will fall together!”

The three main genres that each professor brought up were scientific papers, orally presentations, and PowerPoints.

Selection from Re-edited Revised Version

Why is rhetorical situation so crucial when one is professionally writing?

Being able to understand and analyze the rhetorical situation of your writing can help contribute to strong, audience-focused and organized writing.

In my interviews, I asked “Is there anything about professional communication in the medical field that you think students should know?”

Dantzler replied, “The one thing I would emphasize is before you present anything, organize your thoughts and decide what you are going to present and who you are presenting to. The biggest problem is always writing for graduate students; it is hard to teach them to write, it takes so much time and most students don’t know how to write because they aren’t taught in junior high and high school. When you are writing something, remember to keep track of parallel ideas and sentence structure. You can’t have inappropriate writing styles, especially when presenting science. Make an outline even of a sentence; if you are organized, your writing will fall together!”

The three main genres that each professor brought up were scientific papers, orally presentations, and PowerPoints. Depending on what kind of information is being presented, each of these genres have specific conventions that must be followed in order to be successful.

Answers to Audience Questions:

The content changed only slightly; I simply added to it. My rough cut had just the basics: my interview questions and responses. I revised this by adding more content to clarify what the topic of this QRG is. Because this section is in the beginning on my QRG, I found it necessary to include significant points and ideas that will later be elaborated on.

The form changed even more slightly than the content. The only thing I changed was the color of a line to bring attention to it. It was part of a quote that Dantzler made about the importance of organization. What I talk about in every section is organization so this sets up the rest of the QRG.