Blog 2

In his essay “The Composing Processes of an Engineer”, Jack Selzer convinces readers of his thorough observations by listing the procedures he used to collect data. Some of the methods he used was having the the Engineer he studied, Kenneth E. Nelson, record his thoughts and answer questions before and after his writing process; Selzer would personally observe Nelson; finally, Selzer would ask questions pertaining to the recordings and observations.

Some of the things he does to prove this are that he gives are his lengthy explanation of Kenneth E. Nelson's background; the specific details he gives about events, such as "For one short proposal I observed, Nelson composed over 1200 words of his own"; or the quotes he gives from Nelson, such as "he does not 'see how anyone could write anything of any length or any importance without an outline.'"

In reality, pretty much the entire document is proof that Selzer thoroughly observed Nelson.