ENGL210E Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Lay Reader, Heredity, Technical Writing
29 Sep 2016
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Technical writing is written for internal and external audiences. A technical writer is like a member of a stage crew, a behind-the-scenes operator, whose primary obligation is to satisfy the audience"s need for information. Lay reader: general reader w/o expert knowledge but w/ interest in a subject: examples: Expert: an authority in a particular field who is highly skilled and professional (advanced degree: they design equipment, conduct research, and create new products, examples: Target audience: the audience for which the message is written, the audience to which the writer is writing by using language this reader will understand. Specific audience: a single person or a group whose point of view is the same. Multiple audience: readers whose points of view differ. Demographics: information such as the age, sex, income, and educational level of your group. In technical writing, there is 1 rule: the needs and wants of your audience dictate every decision you make as a writer.
