Blog 8- Final Draft Project 1

Throughout the process of project one I learned a lot about my writing habits and about how I work as a writer. This was by far one of the hardest writing experiences I’ve had, and I felt like I learned so much about how to be concise in my language and reach my goals and points quickly and effectively. Not only did I learn about how I prefer to write in the library and split up my work into segments rather than writing a whole paper in one sitting, but I learned a lot about the risks around us and how we should be discussing those risks.  Through reading the various articles I learned the importance of including both scientific research and personal anecdotes to create a stronger argument that reaches a larger group of people. By reading Beck, Sauer, Johnson, Iverson, Williams, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Herndl and Brown, and listening to the podcasts, I expanded my knowledge on risk and nuclear testing within the United States and world. This knowledge that I gained wasn’t solely on just nuclear testing. It was about trying to figure out the best ways to discuss risk. I will now be able to write within word limits and figure out what the best way to reach an audience is.  I learned what works and what doesn’t work to reach an audience and how I can achieve that in the way I present my evidence and talk about each piece of evidence.  After this project I think I need to continue to find out how to persuade an audience better and how I can find the best pieces of evidence and use them in comparison and contrast with one another in order to achieve what I want to achieve.