Science and Technology in Writing

I think the way that science and technology can be written is completely dependent on the audience the writer is writing for and the purpose for which the author is writing, and not the fact that the topic is about science or technology. For example, you could write a children’s book, a science fiction novel, a non-fiction novel or basically any type of genre on science and technology. Of course, the genre of science and technology you are writing about, changes the way you will write. Each genre has its own general audience and writing style. For example, lab reports are generally written in the active or passive voice depending on the situation and the audience tends to be the writers peers or instructor.

When I think of science and technology in writing, science fiction books come to my mind first. This is most likely because I enjoy reading science fiction books more than other types of writing related to science and technology, but also because science fiction books illustrate such amazing examples of science and technology. Reports about scientific experiments often contain diction I am not familiar with making it difficult to understand, and also usually don’t have mind-blowing discoveries making them even less interesting to read. So in my opinion, I don’t think science and technology should be written for one specific audience in one form of genre, but if I had to choose one way in which it was written, I would choose it to be in the form of science fiction novels. Many science-fiction novels are written by scientists or retired scientists who have great knowledge future science and technology. This makes their writing not only fascinating to read about, but also many of the technologies in science fiction writing are plausible inventions of the future. For example, in Old Man’s War, a science fiction novel by John Scalzi, humans have what is called Smart Blood. Smart Blood uses Nano-bots to keep humans safe from almost all diseases, prevents heart attacks, and clots immediately (so if your leg was suddenly severed off you wouldn’t die from blood loss). Many science fiction novels provide fascinating stories involving incredible science and technology that could become a reality someday.