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Writers INC is a valuable resource for writers of all ages and all genres. While intended for high school students, it contains a wealth of essential information that is relevant to business writers.
A quick look at the Writers INC table of contents:
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“There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.” –Louis D. Brandeis.
I don’t believe that there isn’t good writing, but much of what makes a piece of writing good is the effort put into revising and rewriting it. However, many times, people agonize over trying to say things perfectly while writing a rough draft, and they get so caught up in perfectly articulating one sentence that they lose momentum and the rest of the draft suffers for it. Remember to see the forest through the trees! Just get something written down on paper, and then revise, revise, revise.
These five steps will improve your spelling.
1. Read more, making note of any word that does not seem to be spelled correctly. After you have finished your reading, check the spelling of each listed word in the dictionary. Add each correctly-spelled word to your personal “hit list” of frequently misspelled words.
2. Obtain a package of “sticky note” pads. There will probably be about 20 sheets per pad.
3. Using the entire pad, write each misspelled word from your “hit list” once on each page of a “sticky note” pad (about 20 pages).
A preposition is a connecting word that shows the relationship between words in a sentence, and elaborates meaning. A prepositional phrase begins with one of the prepositions below. A very common mistake is to match the verb in the sentence to the word at the end of the prepositional phrase, rather than to the subject of the sentence (“A selection of three entrees is available at dinner” is correct; “A selection of three entrees are available at dinner” is incorrect). By learning to recognize a preposition when you see is, you can avoid this grammatical error.
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Try out your writing skills! See if you can correct the errors in the following sentences.
Answers after the cut…
This series of posts will describe four terrific tactics that you can use to improve comprehension.
The four tactics are:
This week, I will talk about Tactic #4. Continue reading
This series of posts will describe four terrific tactics that you can use to improve comprehension.
The four tactics are:
This week, I will talk about Tactic #2. Continue reading
This series of posts will describe four terrific tactics that you can use to improve comprehension.
The four tactics are:
This week, I will talk about Tactic #1. Continue reading
Over the past few weeks, I’ve talked about how to get started quickly and easily with your business writing. This week in Part 6, my focus is on Formats: Because Writing is a Visual Art.
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.