Chapter 2 Exploring and Focusing

Chapter Two of The Bedford Researcher is all about exploring your audience and topic. The chapter goes over how you can focus in on the different topics of a subject, finally picking one specific area and focusing on that. The title of Chapter 2, which is Exploring and Focusing, says it all. The first thing you want to do after picking a subject is exploring each avenue of the subject you can. For instance lets say you chose steroids and baseball. The first goal of exploring this subject would be to find out what others say and feel about it. What is most important to readers and other researchers before you. What are the facts and what are the speculations. Create a plan to get further information about the subject and go from there.This would consist of talking with peers and gathering as much information as possible. After you get a better understanding of the subject and different points of views, you can now identify a specific issue that you want to focus on. Making sure you have interest in what you will be writing about is very important. Investing time into something you enjoy will make life a lot easier.