Array of Genres

The field of Technical and Professional Writing is so large and so diverse that it seems logical and necessary to have genres and possibly even sub-genres. The difficulty does not come with grouping these different sections together, the difficulty come with limiting the works to merely one genre. Works in T/P Writing can morph and transform so much that one has the potential to classify under multiple genres. The genre of Technical and Professional Writing that I had the opportunity to work with during my internship was that of Legal Writing. I revised and updated the By-Laws for a local non-profit organization by the name of SEK-CAP. Since I would like to be an attorney one day, especially in the field of contract law, I thought this would fit well.

Legal Writing is unlike any writing that I have done before. It must be very concise, so that there is limited ambiguity in the statute or revision. However, within this precision, there must be an understood vagueness, so that one revision can be interpreted and understood to cover multiple circumstances, all the while leaving no loopholes or gray areas.

Other fields that I can see this type of writing in are only other legal documents. The field of law is diverse, and each section or field has a specific vocabulary. It is a form of art, just like any other type of writing, and just like anything else, it takes multiple failures and a lot of practice before ultimately finding success.