Selzer questions

1) Why did Jack Selzer want to study the composing processes of an engineer?
Jack Selzer wanted to investigate the ways the scientists and engineers actually went through the processes of writing and how they planned, arranged and drafted their writing. At the time, many study had been conducted on people who actually professionally wrote such as authors or jounalists, as well as students in academic settings. He also conducted his research for the purpose of helping teach technical writing to students entering the fields of engineering or science.

2) What did you find interesting/unique/suprising about his answer to this question? How did he convince you he was correct/on target?
It suprised me that Selzer discovered that Nelson composed a lot of his own work and melded it with other documents. But when it came time to revise, there was barely any. While most writers take a lot of time to revise whole portions of thier own work, Nelson did not revise his words. He simply made changes to the grammer. Selzer says he never saw Nelson "add material or reorganize it when he was revising" (184).
Selzer mentions that he observes Nelson throughout his writing process. Selzer also observed Nelson's work enviorment. Selzer asked Nelson to respond to questions about his writing before and after he completed it. He did not ask Nelson to compse aloud. Selzer also looked over Nelson's documents that he completed.