While reading chapter 1, I think for me the important points are that we need to be able to convey our thoughts and ideas to other people through writing. If we cannot convey what we want to other people to know then it will be useless. In addition, another point would be that the writing we do in college is very different from the writing style used at the workplace. Furthermore, it is important to to discern and understand to what kind of reader you will be writing to since it will help to reach them and in the end making them able to understand your ideas and thoughts.