Successful Writing at Work: Chapter 2
This chapter touches upon the writing process and collaboration that goes into writing. It started off with what writing is and what it is not. I am going to hover on that for a bit as I found it to be both interesting and more pertinent to the task. Writing is dynamic, not static, which is a very true statement as writing can allow you to gather yourself and your work while also allowing you to edit and revise. Writing grows with you, so as you adapt to challenges and overcome new obstacles, your writing evolves, as does your viewpoint on more enhanced topics. The last bit of what writing is that was covered was how writing takes time, just as many things do. I can relate to this strongly as I have seen and experienced how much time goes into a process of writing. Sure, you can just brain dump everything onto a piece of paper and save it. Does that mean you’re done, though? Absolutely not. To continue on with the concept of time in writing, a secondary portion that I identified with was allowing oneself enough time to revise and plan. Good ideas and changes will not happen all at once. Professional Writing is a slower art form, it takes time and patience. The last portion that I plan to talk about is Collaborative Writing. With different styles, voices, grammatical decisions, and egos, I would have thought Collaborative Writing to be an impossible feat. With what I have read regarding the benefits of collaboration in writing, such as: effectiveness, collective talents, increases productivity while saving money, and how it contributes to customer service and satisfaction, I can see that there are definite advantages to being able to write both professionally and jointly.
