All of this talk about reader-centric, writer-centric, and writing to a lay audience has been really helpful. Not that I understand in great depth the rhetoric behind it all, but the surface information that makes the most sense to me is pretty solid information.

At first, I did not think that most of it would apply to what I am doing, but as it turns out, as I continue to add the finishing details, I am including more and more tactics. I feel comfortable with the information I have researched and I am pleased with my product so far. The hardest part to write thus far has been the introduction, so that is constantly being revised and critiqued.

Throughout this process I find myself in the awkward position of not being anything of a true expert on the matter, and that fact that I am an undergraduate student, and not say a master's student, I think is kind of a snag in the credibility issue. I only say this because I don't have that "real world" experience and I'm trying really hard to find that level ground so that my paper comes across as resourceful tool for them and that it was created for the intended purpose of assisting in making the process easier. I think I have achieved that in a lot of aspects, but I know there are few places throughout that need some re-editing.

In all honesty, I am so excited that I took this class. I see the potential of this document and how it could later benefit me, and the experience has been outstanding. I almost considered dropping the course in the beginning because I wasn't sure if technical writing was my thing, or even something that interested me, but I am so glad I didn't make such a foolish decision. At any rate it has improved my writing skills and I have learned a great deal of information that I know will be useful. It also got me interested in technical and business writing and I wouldn't mind exploring it a bit further.