By Kenneth Davis
Supercharge your writing talents . . . by means of the tip of the week! within the office, your writing speaks volumes approximately you. no matter if you’re crafting a three-line message or a 300-page document, you must write in a elegant, expert way—regardless of your place or occupation.
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Most of us business writers haven’t learned this lesson. ” This response focuses on the piece of writing—the tool—itself, not on its purpose. The result: our writing often misses the chance to be as effective as it could be. At this crucial second step of the planning stage of the writing process, shown in Figure 2-1, don’t ask yourself about the document you’re going to write. Instead, ask yourself what effect you want to have on your reader(s). ” Figure 2-1 Make holes, not drills. 2 Make Holes, Not Drills 49 For example, a common mistake in writing job application letters is failure to understand their purpose.
I don’t carry the law of the next action as far as Susan does in Figure I-3 (and David Allen has assured me that he doesn’t either). Like Susan, however, I’ve learned the value of building workdays around a series of short-term goals that eventually add up to long-term results. That’s what the five-stage, 12-step writing process model does: it takes what is often the scary job of writing a document and breaks it into a series of next actions. You don’t have to think of yourself sitting down and spending an hour writing a letter.
Which of the following statements about the Maslow hierarchy of needs is most true? a. It is a handy checklist of punctuation rules. b. It can help you to assess how your writing can fill a need for your reader(s). c. It describes the five needed stages in the writing process. d. None of the above 9. In visualizing your reader(s), which of the following statements is most true? a. You should visualize your reader(s) at their best. b. You should visualize your reader(s) at their worst. c. You should visualize your reader(s) reading and reacting to your message.