Rhetorical Précis for Chapter 1

In chapter one of the book Choices, the author claims that the writing process is very important to writing and will help many people if you follow the steps. The author supports this by comparing the scientific method to the writing process stating that scientists follow these certain steps throughout experiments to figure out what works and what doesn't work, the same works with writing. The authors purpose is to show the importance of the writing process and how it will help you in your writing. This chapter was written for students to find the importance in the writing process and to use it and then they will have less troubles when they write.