English 301 99C Technical Writing<\/p>\n
University of British Columbia<\/p>\n
2329 West Mall<\/p>\n
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4<\/p>\n
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Prospective Writing Team Members,<\/p>\n
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I am applying to be a part of a professional technical writing team. I am in the Bachelor of Media Studies program, now in my third year of studies. My program involves a lot of collaboration with other members of the program and I feel well equipped to contribute to a team-based assignment.<\/p>\n
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As a student of media, I apply a critical lens to the way mediums communicate messages. Analysing media involves scrupulously combing through texts in order to understand how modes of communications and compositional decisions create meanings to a reader or an audience. The aim of media studies is oriented around understanding the effects of communication methods, whether that refers to the medium as a whole, or to specific strategies within it. Technical writing seeks to establish a very clinical and formulaic approach to constructing texts; I place great emphasis in my own writing on creating strong and clear narratives. My work in media studies has involved work in film production, this has meant writing pieces that require strict adherence to a code of writing, such as scripts. Such efforts have reinforced the need to create texts that follow these guidelines in order to be clearly and efficiently read by peers and evaluators.<\/p>\n
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I believe my academic profile makes me a strong candidate for a technical writing team. I can be reached at tamar@alumni.ubc.ca<\/a> and I look forward to hearing from you.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sincerely,<\/p>\n Tamar Tucker-Harrison<\/p>\n