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What is Professional Writing?

  • Writing within an occupation
    • public relations 
    • journalism 
    • scientific/medical writing 
    • accounting/business
    • international/intercultural communication 
    • writing that enables/facilitates creative work  
  • Writing for defined audiences 
    • Specialists 
    • Patients 
    • other stakeholders
      • Customers 
      • Friends/family of customers 
      • Investors 
      • Employees 
      • Administration/management 
      • Media 
      • Competitors
  • grounded in rhetoric
    • analyzing communicative situations
      • Who is the audience?
      • What are the contexts?
      • What is the purpose?
    • responding through communication
      • What medium/format/genre is appropriate?
      • How should the document be designed?
      • What content should be included and how should it be arranged?
  • Professional writing has similarities and differences with other kinds of writing
  • Here at UNCW it appears as a distinct major track and a certificate open to all majors