Discussion topic for week 4: Preparing to write the memo for WA4 Your response to this discussion topic is due by this week Friday at midnight Eastern Standard Time (EST). You are also asked to respond to at least one other student in the class on their response. Your response to your fellow student is due by this week Sunday at midnight Eastern Standard Time (EST). WRTG 393 students, For writing assignment #4, the report to the supervisor, the first section of your report will be a memo. This discussion topic is designed to prepare you for writing the memo. In the past, you might have been told that memos should be direct and to the point. However, when delivering bad news, or when attempting to persuade an audience to take action when they don't understand why it is necessary to take action, starting the memo with a gentler tone can be more effective. In the learning resources for week 5, you watched a video from the Purdue OWL, "The Basic Memo." At the 3:26 mark of that video, the narrator mentions that, when delivering bad news in a memo or when trying to be persuasive in a memo, building