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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Freewrite: Research Methods
I now have a clear sense of the methods we are supposed to use in our research projects. Although I undersand these methods, I am still not sure how they will apply to my research subject. If the lawyer that I observe does not use freewrites, rough drafts, or any other documents before composing a final draft, will I still be able to understand his or her writing process?
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Good question here. You'll certainly still be able to understand his or her writing practice -- you'll just need to draw on those other research methods (interviews, observations) to try to understand it. And, certainly, if someone doesn't do a lot of "pre-writing" when drafting texts, that still is a writing process in and of itself -- whereas Selzer discovered that the engineer spent a majority of his time planning documents on paper, you might find that the lawyer spends a majority of her time planning documents mentally or doesn't spend much time planning at all (as is the case when lawyers draw on "boilerplate" documents that get used over and over again in legal contexts, such as contracts).
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