Review these questions and keep them at hand as you complete this lesson's readings. These questions will help you internalize the reading materials and apply the concepts.

1.) What tasks are involved in the "writing process," according to your authors? Does this match your experience with writing in the workplace?

2.) Your text contends that writing in the workplace is a "social" process. What is meant by this, and do you agree? Are there other ways in which writing is a "social" process at work?

3.) What is your experience with the "document production process"? What documents or documentation have you been involved with creating? Did they have an organized process? Should they?

4.) Please carefully review the "Writing Strategies" table on page 40 of this reading.

5.) To what extent is technical or professional writing a "problem solving" process? What problems in your work or life could be solved by more effective writing?

6.) What is the purpose of thinking rhetorically? The process?

7.) How does a professional or technical writer shape their writing to address "human problems"?

8.) In practical and realistic terms, how important is the "planning process" to writing in the workplace? How much written communication do you see that could be improved with a better planning process?

9.) What is an "information map"? How could you use one to improve your writing in the work place or professional setting?

10.) Please carefully review the writing process strategies for organizing and drafting (pages 52-64)