Write to the Point : How to Communicate in Business with Style and Purpose

by Iacone, Salvatore J.

• ISBN13: 9780785820932
• ISBN10: 0785820930
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Career Press

Summary

Write to the Point is an informal, step-by-step guide to improving the writing skills of business and technical professionals for both traditional and modern electronic forms of written communication. The goal of this guide is to help you to write with greater ease, precision and clarity.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Writing to the Point	p. 9
Getting Started: Stop Staring and Start Writing	p. 17
It's Not About You: Writing for Your Reader	p. 23
The Right Package: Organizing and Evaluating Information	p. 37
Don't Obfuscate: Writing With Clarity and Precision	p. 53
Leave Out the Commercials: Let the Sentences Sell the Message	p. 67
Who Do You Think You Are? Tone and Style	p. 91
Last Restroom for 300 Miles: Editing for Content and Structure	p. 99
Don't Trust the Spell-Checker: Proofreading Made Easier	p. 115
E-mail: To Send or Not to Send?	p. 123
Memo, Letter, and Report Guidelines	p. 137
Instructions, Presentations, Proposals, and Resumes	p. 159
Business Letter Models	p. 179
Guidelines to Punctuation	p. 211
Grammar and Usage Review	p. 217
Often-Confused Words	p. 225
The Correct Use of Prepositions That Follow Certain Words	p. 235
Capitalization	p. 237
Plural Nouns	p. 239
Compound Nouns/Words	p. 243
Writing Aerobics: Review Exercises to Test Yourself	p. 245
Index	p. 251
About the Author	p. 256
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