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Write Better at Work: The Workbook
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THINK
AFFIRM - Refuse the excuses for costly bad writing.
DECIDE - Ask five questions before you start.
DEFINE - See how a purpose brings clarity.
DESCRIBE - Analyze your reader: a brief list.
DEPICT - Visualize your reader: a quick diagram.
BRAINSTORM - Learn to use both sides of your brain.
WRITE
OPEN - Put three components in the reader road map.
PERSUADE - Know the seven effective strategies.
ORGANIZE - Try on two roles: diplomat and director.
OUTLINE - Learn three techniques that generate possibilities.
DRAFT - Understand the four dimensions of drafting habits.
REST - Recognize the role of the unconscious.
EDIT
JUDGE - Remember the three sources of writing authority.
CLARIFY - Identify the source of ponderous writing.
ALIGN - Learn the ultimate key to clear writing.
GUIDE - Make it flow with these three techniques.
VARY - Choose the four paths to sentence variety.
ENGAGE - Have fun with eight ways to hook your reader.
PROOFREAD - Spot errors with two techniques and two habits.
USAGE
APOSTROPHE - Pick a memory aid for the worst offender.
COMMA - Fix the four most common errors.
HOMONYM - Assemble mnemonics for six common mistakes.
VERB - Make a game of spotting verb mismatches.
PRONOUN - Pinpoint the three most prevalent problems.
MODIFIER - Detect and redirect the four usual suspects.
PARALLEL - Utilize parallel forms at three levels.
STYLE
PASSIVITY - Learn three ways to fix it and five reasons not to.
WORDINESS - Be merciless when fixing the three typical problems.
IMPRECISION - Learn three ways to make your writing interesting.
NEGATIVITY - Discover the subtleties of negative words.
DRIVEL - Avoid the three common sins of word choice.
VANITY - Try two techniques to catch the reader's interest.
BIAS - Evolve by recognizing the many forms of bias.
FORMS
E-MAIL - Adopt one habit and adhere to five rules.
LETTER - Spot the four most common blunders.
RESUME - Follow six rules to get noticed instead of ignored.
MEMO - Learn the few habits that make memos memorable.
REPORT - Try the technique that works for top-tier analysts.
PRESENTATION - Use the twelve-point checklist to keep it simple.
PRACTICE (all answers included)
Lessons - Repeat the lessons to learn them well. (28 exercises)
Clarity - Edit unneeded words and redundant phrases. (140 exercises)
Idiom - Learn the customs for correct usage. ( 36 exercises )
Words - Improve your business vocabulary. ( 100 exercises )
DETAILS
- Paperback, 160 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches
- ISBN 1-889831-00-X
- $19.95
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