Preface
Introduction
Part One: Process as Well as Product
• John Keenan
Using PAFEO Planning
• Michael E. Adelstein
The Writing Process
• Linda Flower and John Ackerman
Evaluating and Testing as You Revise
• John S. Harris
The Project Worksheet for Efficient Writing Management
• Jack Seltzer*
The composing Process of An Engineer
Part Two: Problems with Language
• Newman P. Birk and Genevieve B. Birk*
Charged Language
• John S. Feldman*
What do you Mean you Don’t Like My Style
• Stuart Chase
Gobbledygook
• Marvin Swift*
Clear Writing Means
• University of Wisconsin-Extension Equal Opportunities Program Office and Department of Agricultural Journalism
A Guide to Nonsexist Language
• Gwyneth Olofsson
International Communication and Language
Part Three: Business and Technical Correspondence
• Sharon J. Gerson and Steven M. Gerson*
The Importance of Memos, Letters, and E-mail
• David V. Lewis
Making Your Correspondence Get Results
• Allan A. Glatthorn
“I Have Some Bad News for You”
• John S. Fielden and Ronald E. Dulek
How to Use Bottom-Line Writing in Corporate Communications
• Janis Fisher Chan
E-Mail: Presenting a Professional Image
Part Four: Reports and Other Longer Documents
• J. C. Mathes and Dwight W. Stevenson
Audience Analysis: The Problem and a Solution
• Nancy Allen, Dianne Atkinson, Meg Morgan, Teresa Moore, and Craig Snow*
What Experienced Collaborators Say About Collaborative Writing
• Vincent Vinci
Ten Report Writing Pitfalls: How to Avoid Them
• Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts, ‘Technical Writing for Dummies’*
Technical Writing for Dummies
• Darrell Huff
How to Lie with Statistics
• Carolyn D. Rude
Legal and Ethical Issues in Editing
• David W. Ewing
Strategies of Persuasion
• Philip C. Kolin
Proposals
• Richard Johnson-Sheehan
Writing Proposals with Style
• Dan Jones
Determining the Ethics of Style
Part Five: Resumes and Other Written Materials for a Job Search
• John L. Munschauer
Writing Resumes and Letters in the Language of Employers
• Diana Reep*
Writing Resumes
• Matthew Yate*
Resume Formats
• Steven Graber
The Basics of a Cover Letter
• Karl Weber and Rob Kaplan
Follow-Up Letters
Acknowledgments
Index
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