Over the past few weeks, I’ve talked about how to get started quickly and easily with your business writing. This week in Part 5, my focus is on Determining Content: Logical Flow.

In determining what content you should have, gather all the information you need, based on:

• Your reader’s need for the information
• Your reader’s use for the information
• Your purpose for writing this piece

AND NOTHING ELSE!

Then, organize your information.

• Group similar information.
• Put your information groups into logical sequence.
  E.g. flow from first paragraph, time, procedural, most important

If writing a shorter piece, each information group will be a paragraph. If you are writing a longer piece, these information groups will be sections or chapters. Detail content and follow the same process for each section or for each chapter.

I hope that you’ve found this post on Determining Content to be helpful!

Gail Tycer is a strategic business communication authority: professional speaker; writer, author, editor; coach, consultant, facilitator, and strategist. More free business writing tips from Gail Tycer are available here, and information about Gail’s Business Writing workshops is available here.