Lannon, Chapter 2

Chapter 2 focuses on the preparations for creating an effective piece of technical writing with 4 major points:

1. only present the information necessary 
2. be persuasive in your argument 
3. debate ethical issues, address the relevant sides in debate
4. work in teams

Lannon emphasizes "discovering what you want to say" and relying on creative and critical thinking, because this encourages new ideas. He also touches base on how you can not trust everything you read on the internet.

On the writing process he outlines 4 stages:

• gather and evaluate information
• outline and plan the document
• draft 
• revise- proof reading being the very last thing you do.