What can be taken away from “Identity, Authority, and Learning to Write in New Workplaces Elizabeth Wardle” is that your identity is like a voice. If you can’t find that, you won’t be able to structure yourself enough to have authority in your writing. It’s like a step-by-step process. For example, you would know what to say but can’t get it out because you might be scared to speak or don’t know how to say it for another person to understand where your mind is. This is why people would strive to get the opportunity and get taken under someone’s wing. To teach them the proper way of doing things and provide them with more knowledge. Writing has a lot of environments, and you can’t make it on your own. We all need help at some point. I learned that Wardle has the proper mindset that can change how a person can adjust and improve their writing.
Another takeaway is to learn the crucial skills to adjust to professional writing environments. When being introduced to new experiences, adapting. This is how you’ll be able to gain additional skills, especially when it comes to work. You don’t want to be fired, so you work on the skills to keep the job and do the work correctly. I get help with AI, but working as a customer service representative and dealing with emails taught me more about writing and how to respond to or notice people properly. And with my current position, writing reports to be as accurate as possible but also with detail to understand the situation without bias.
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