When i grow up:
What do you want to do when you grow up? When I was younger this question seemed so simple, but as I got older the question became much more complicated. During my time in school I’ve been able to assess my strengths and weaknesses and also see what I enjoy doing. Now that I’m a semester away from graduating I’ve finally decided what I want to be when I grow up. I want to be a Technical Writer.
Technical writing, really?:
Although it’s not a very common profession the technical writing field fits best with my writing style. Throughout my time in school I’ve discovered that I’m not a strong creative writer. Instead I prefer to deal with straight facts and numbers to develop a piece which will inform the reader. It really struck me that this was my style of writing when I was assigned my first argumentative piece during my sophomore year. The assignment required research, articles, and use of quotes to argue a point. While working on the assignment the information came together so smoothly and it was easy for me to take the information and put it into a piece which was easy for the average reader to follow and understand. This assignment helped me realize that this type of writing was something that I enjoyed and could see myself working in a technical writing field in the future.