Exploring Writing Process

This week I explored a different writing process than what our class has been learning. Professor Lunt is a chemical engineer and he does research on transparent solar cells. He is currently trying to find efficient and economical ways to use the transparent solar cells. Through his findings in research he needs to express his work in writing to allow people to know what is going on.

I interviewed professor Lunt and asked him what types of writing does he do. As a chemical engineering researcher, professor Lunt has to do a lot of different types of writing to report the research he has conducted. The different types of writing are professional manuscripts, reports, and also scientific writing. Each type of writing that professor Lunt does has a purpose and target audience (Lunt). The professional manuscripts that he writes needs to show what his research has been able to do and express the importance of the science behind it. The reports he writes up need to show people who are giving out grants why it is important to give grants to his research specifically. If professor Lunt does not write well enough to explain the importance of his research, the necessary grants that are need will not be given towards his research.

When writing a professional manuscript professor Lunt needs to be very precise about the details he puts into his writing. The manuscript has to be condensed down to only the important information that is needed to showcase the research that he is currently doing (Lunt). The writing process for professor Lunt takes time to gather the necessary research, then he must write up the manuscript and have it revised a couple of times. This ensures that the manuscript is professional and only details what is important. Usually the readers of the manuscripts are professionals, engineers, or researchers that are interested in his research.

When looking at different writing processes that are done by people there are always a specific audience that the writer tries to accommodate. Professor Lunt’s writing process is no different. He writes more scientific papers while being very concise with the information he puts into paper to make sure people know exactly what he means. Some of the other writing processes that our class has explored take a different approach. The writers of South Park use different ideas and then build of the one idea to create a show. The use of different ideas from different people is a totally different writing process than ones done by professor Lunt for his research. 

Citation:

Bulovic Group: Richard Lunt. N.d. n.p. Web. 10 Feb 2013. <http://eecs-newsletter.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/RichardLunt_DSC9083ss.png>.

Lunt, Richard. Personal Interview. 06 02 2013.