Students will learn strategies to write documents faster and better. They will learn how to customize their documents for a specific reader and to accomplish their writing purpose. They will discover ways to create documents when time is limited. Students will also master models to organize and format letters, emails, and reports in order to make them clear, direct, and reader friendly. Conversational writing style and parallel structure will also be covered.
Objectives
At the end of this lesson you will be able to name the traits of effective business writing and the steps of the writing process, identifying how they help you save time. You will also be able to name several reasons you need to write with your reader in mind.
At the end of this lesson you will be able to write a clear, specific purpose statement.
You will be able to clearly organize a letter, memo, and email with one purpose or several.
You will be able to correctly use bullets, letters, numbers, headings, bolding, italics, color, and parallel structure in your documents.
Book
Webster's New World Business Writing Handbook
Author: Richard Worth
Publisher: Wiley Publishing, Inc. 2002
ISBN: 0-7645-6403-x
Use the Writing Process to Save Time
Part 1, pages 5 - 75.
Clarify Your Purpose and Write Clear Purpose Statements