White Paper Reading Response

Submitted by Excursion7227 on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 16:42.
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Writing a white paper is not just throwing a bunch of information down on a piece of paper. It actually is more in depth than you may think. The first step to writing the paper is to know who your audience is. Once you know this, you will know what tone to use while writing and also how detailed you must be. Next you pick an approach, either write based on personal interest or based on the readers interests. This will make it sound good to them if you do this part correctly. Then you write about the subject but focus only on it, not it's history. Repeat the main point but in different ways, to drill it into the persons head. After this is done, and you have explained all the pros and cons of the subject you can end your paper with a brief conclusion that explains why its good AGAIN.

Comments

Submitted by mcermak on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 13:40.

John,

From the comments you posted here, I think you have the main idea right about writing white papers--that they are not just a bunch of information simply thrown down on paper. I think it's important to note that white papers are supposed to be disinterested, purely factual, and almost emotionless in the delivery. This is not to say it has to be dull and monotonous--it needs to be exciting to keep the reader's attention. What emotionless means is that the paper should be written with partiality to no one and nothing--just pure facts obtained from research.

I think you understand all that from the interaction you've had with the group. Keep up the good work and I'm pumped see this thing done!