Professional Writing Guide
eBook - ePub

Professional Writing Guide

Writing well and knowing why

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Professional Writing Guide

Writing well and knowing why

About this book

The Professional Writing Guide is for people who wish to improve the quality of their documents and the efficiency of their writing.

Busy executives and other writers in organisations, who may spend between 30 and 80 per cent of their working time writing, will find it invaluable because it clearly outlines the principles that underlie effective documents. This book will enable executives to write confidently, competently, and persuasively.

High quality output is crucial to a company's image and to a professional's own career advancement. Errors in a document can prove expensive. The Professional Writing Guide is an indispensable and accessible reference tool as well as a comprehensive style manual for writers who wish to avoid those expensive mistakes and make a positive impression.

Written by two long-term professional writing educators with extensive experience of consulting to Australian business and industry, this lively and highly practical book features workable, reliable, and powerful strategies that can be used to systematically eliminate the writing problems of organisational writers.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Preface
  8. Chapter 1 Writing in the Business Environment
  9. Chapter 2 Reading in the Business Environment
  10. Chapter 3 Using Experimental Thinking
  11. Chapter 4 Critical Thinking
  12. Chapter 5 Choosing an Appropriate Document Framework
  13. Chapter 6 Structuring Paragraphs
  14. Chapter 7 Shaping Sentences
  15. Chapter 8 Considering Language
  16. Chapter 9 Choosing the Right Word
  17. Chapter 10 Deciding How to Punctuate
  18. Chapter 11 Revising and Editing Your Documents
  19. Chapter 12 Choosing Good Design
  20. Chapter 13 The Impact of Technology on Writing
  21. Chapter 14 Future Directions for Professional Writing
  22. Index