After looking back at all the essays and research papers I wrote through out the semester , I have really learnt a lot about writing and also writing technical documents. The first thing I did whenever I had a paper to write this semester . I sat down and thought about the problem we are addressing or the objective of the essay . I tried to identify what style of writing it was . In this class we reviewed different style of writing about technical ideas . From descriptive , rhetorical analysis and explanatory . Now I go through similar process except I do a lot of research now before I start writing papers. I also learned that Wikipedia is not a good source of information . The class exposed me to lots of libraries and databases and also taught how to navigate through them . So before I form a thesis I make sure I have a very strong knowledge on the particular topic . Another thing that changed for me is the importance of audience focus . Since this is a writing for engineers class there is already focus . The class teaches you to focus on your audience deeply , from style , color , language , age and etc .

One of the major things I learned when writing was Apa style, for my whole life I have written Mla style . The way you quote was different , the way you put the dates at the top was different and the reference page style was also different to .

Theory of writing would influence my other classes and my career . Firstly for my career that is very obvious . We have done a lot of technical description and writing . I have learnt how to properly describe technical objects , and also covey the message properly so that the require audience can  understand it very well . For my school , I will be writing a lot papers in my other classes . writing for engineers has giving me that foundation , even in lab reports . I do a lot of lab reports as a computer engineer  . So with the knowledge gained in writing lab reports . I can perfectly structure a good lab reports and write it clearly and concisely so that the audience can understand what I am trying to convey .

The research paper took a lot of research so I learned how to navigate databases like I said before and this would help when I am writing research papers in other classes . I also learned how to select between source and this could be applied so I don’t get fake information .

In conclusion this class has changed a lot about my writing and I have learnt how to structure a lab report properly , do a technical proposal properly  , write to my audience and do proper research before writing .