Weekly Post 5: 10/11/2021 - 10/17/2021

In the beginning of the manual, it was very easy to set up the header format as it only requires my name and the company information. As it should be easy for everyone if they have the information that the manual requires such as today’s date or where this information is going or where is it coming from. Another task that I was able to finish quickly was finding the flaws or strengths in the manual. As a visual learner it is easy to find these flaws and strengths because I have previously seen many examples and articles that teach you what to look for. After finding as many flaws and strengths as possible, I decided to ask a friend if they were able to find any flaws or strengths that I may have missed and had them explain what to look for in order to strengthen my skills. I then was able to plan ahead to see what was ineffective or effective in the manual.

What I found difficult was finding the right manual for these assignments as one should not be too long nor too short. There was a wide range of topics to choose from so settling down to just one felt like a tall order in and of itself, not to mention finding out if their manual felt either too short or long. I did not want to find a manual that was too long as there would be too many things to cover, and I would end up needing more than a single page to cover it all. I also did not want to find a manual that was too short either as there may be a chance that I would cover everything and still need more content to write about in order to properly fill out my assigned page. I thought it was key to find a manual which would perfectly fit this assignment.

Based on the feedback the only problem I faced was breaking down paragraphs. I will try to be more mindful about breaking these paragraphs apart as it will overwhelm my readers. Since I now know that I mostly did everything right I will continue improving and maintaining my current writing process. I believe it would be best for me to continue practicing memo writing as it is still something I feel new to. Other than that, I will continue to write more about the manual assessments on different types of writing so I can widen my variety on writing such assessments. Lastly, I believe that I should watch out more on my capitalizations and spacing as they tend to be very easy to miss when writing. So, I will most likely do a second revision or take a longer time revising so I can look out for small mistakes and would not miss them so easily.

This assignment helped me understand how a memo should be formatted and displayed my skills as a writer. This assignment also taught me to identify how effective or ineffective an article/manual actually is. Hopefully I can do more assignments where I can see more ineffective and effective writing to put my knowledge to the test and understand how our technical writing should be. I also hope to take reference from other people’s writings and see how they are able to be write effectively toward their audience.