Academic Writing Paper

“How Writing Is Won”

Working Thesis:

To deliver a successful argument, a writer must be direct, credible, and apply professional communication.

Direction:

Statement: Direction is a writer’s purpose and establishes the reason behind a piece of writing or “Artifact” as I will call it for the remainder of this paper. In good writing, the author is very deliberate on how and why they structure an artifact. Every section of an artifact should be contributing something to the overall purpose and each section should be intentionally relating to each other. If the purpose of the artifact is apparent and the structure of the artifact is supplementary to it’s point, the audience will connect to the purpose of the artifact and the argument will be successfully delivered.  

Supporting Artifacts:

Artifacts of Direction (Purpose):

-       Notes For Notes – Freedom Hill Proposal

-       Mission/Vision Statement

-       Sonos Proposal –Skater’s Point

-       Interview questions: Jeff Theimer

Credibility:

Statement: Being credible in writing may be one of the most important tools to persuading an audience to a writer’s argument.  In classic rhetorical debate, credibility on a topic attributes to a writer’s “Ethos”. The ethos is the idea that being an expert in the field of debate can have mass appeal for any argument because their title and relationship history to the subject backs-up the statements in any artifact they compose.

Supporting Artifacts:

Artifacts of Credibility (Ethos):

-       Notes For Notes – Freedom Hill Proposal

-       New Noise Website “About” Section

-       Interview questions: Jeff Theimer

Professional Communication:

Statement: Professional Communication may seem like a vague statement to make on what constitutes great persuasion and writing, but I think it is at the core of all great persuasive writing. It’s the tone and attitude that coats an artifact. Every decision in an artifact’s direction, the writer’s or citations credibility, and reaching our intended audience needs to be played based on the professional communication skills of the writer. Context is king and it helps the writer choose the appropriate language to effectively deliver their credibility and purpose in their artifact.

Supporting Artifacts:

-       Donation Letter of Oreana Winery

-       Notes For Notes Benefit Week-Of Advance

Smmation:

All successful writing must go through very thorough steps to provide the audience with a justifiable and relatable argument. My paper highlights my Interviewee, Jeff Theimer, who considers in advance how and why he is writing and what and where he must include his points before he publishes an artifact. His discretion on his direction and purpose is heavily considered so his argument is effective like when he structured his Sonos Inc. Proposal for Skater’s Point or the structuring of his Mission and Visionary Statement for New Noise. All were very intentional and without contemplation on who, what, where, and why, those artifact would be hard for his audience to follow or they could miss the point entirely. Mr. Theimer also decides on almost always including who he is and what he stands for. Who ever his audience is, they can acknowledge that he is someone who should be writing these artifacts and has the authority to be addressing them. His relationship to his artifacts is not only characterized by what he has accomplished, but in the way he says it.  he writes with is professionalism. Mr. Theimer is very considerate on his language choices. In our interview and in the artifacts he sent me, much, if not all, his words are intentional. Jeff Theimer is not the only writer to provide insight into their “best practices” regarding their writing, but he is a perfect example of how being Direct, credible, and using professional communication makes his arguments a success.