Samantha Surowiec ENGL3450

 After looking at Dr. B's edits on my literature review, I realize that there are some things that I will need to revisit and relearn. I feel like sometimes, as a senior English major, let alone a Prof Tech major, I get cocky and proud about my writing. It's humbling to realize that there will always be something to work on. In my case, I may need to review my in-text citations and do a better job at reviewing my own work for grammar errors. Moving forward, I think these will all be very simple and easy fixes that make my paper stronger. I look forward to seeing where I can take this paper through the Research Proposal and finally, my capstone project.

 For my research project, I decided to discuss how document design is related to technical writing. I wanted to focus on the CRAP principles (contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity) as well as how readability, accessibility, and usability tie into it all. When researching this topic, I mostly found articles on how the CRAP principles are related to graphic design rather than writing itself. I felt that if I wanted more technical writing focused research, I had to look for google sources rather than sources from our school's data base. I think the research gap could be more focused on how design is applicable to writers as it is to designers. We've moved into a digital era where hardly anything is print based. Document design has become very important to writers, and I think that that should be reflected more in studies.