Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on June 21, 2008.
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Business writing can range from writing announcements, formal letters and e-mail, proposals and requests for proposal (RFP), press packets, publicity, and sales letters. Business Writing Guides help point you in the correct directions by providing instruction on how to complete specific business writing tasks. Business Style Guides further help by showing you how to adapt your writing so that it complies with what’s expected in business writing.
“Success in business relies on effective communication, which can take many forms. Understanding the particular formats needed for specific business writing tasks is the first step in achieving that necessary ability to communicate effectively.” –from The Everything Improve Your Writing Book by Pamela Rice Hahn
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on June 16, 2008.
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When it pertains to your writing, your grammar is an important part of making a good impression.
You may not realize it, but you are judged by what you write. Using correct grammar not only conveys a precise meaning, it also gives readers confidence that you know what you’re talking about. –from The Everything Improve Your Writing Book by Pamela Rice Hahn
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on June 11, 2008.
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Whenever you’re writing for publication, there are certain rules to follow. Manuscript style preferences and submission standards vary from publisher to publisher-and by imprint within larger publishing conglomerates. Submission standards for fiction also vary from those for nonfiction. The content needs and expectations for general interest publications differ significantly from those of academic, literary, religious, and scientific periodicals. –from The Everything Improve Your Writing Book by Pamela Rice Hahn
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on June 5, 2008.
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A speech is essentially a verbal essay. In other words, a speech is an essay that’s meant to be read aloud to an audience instead of read by your audience.
The most important proofreading technique you can employ when checking the text of a speech or a script is to read it aloud. That’s the only way you’ll learn whether or not the words easily “roll off your tongue” and aren’t ones that cause you to stammer or trip up. –from The Everything Improve Your Writing Book by Pamela Rice Hahn
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on June 4, 2008.
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Many beginning writers think that they can bend the rules or do whatever they like, and call it their “style.” As you gain writing success and get more familiar with the rules, you’re allowed certain liberties. As you become more adept at the rules, you also gain a better understanding of where you can bend them and still get away with it. So in your early days, be attentive to the way things are done, and worry about breaking the mold later. –from The Everything Improve Your Writing Book by Pamela Rice Hahn
Knowing the underlying principles of style helps you achieve consistency in your writing. Therefore, it’s important that you learn how to incorporate the correct style. (Only then can you determine when it’s okay to change it.) These style guides help you go into the depth necessary to determine the style needed for that writing.
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on June 3, 2008.
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The ability to write clear and concise documents can be an asset for any professional. When it comes to writing technical or scientific documents, it’s essential. Whether your intent is to translate technical terms and instructions into language that anyone can understand or to explain a scientific process to another scientist, there’s no room for ambiguity in technical writing. –from The Everything Improve Your Writing Book by Pamela Rice Hahn
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on June 2, 2008.
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Writing, like anything else worthwhile in life, takes discipline, instruction, and most of all, confidence in your ability to do a good job. You gain that all-important confidence through practice-and by studying samples of other works. –from The Everything Improve Your Writing Book by Pamela Rice Hahn
Different types of writing each require a different approach. Writing and communication guides are a valuable learning asset because the examples found on those pages can show you the best ways to get things down on paper.
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A professional writer since 1984, Pamela Rice Hahn is the author of 18 published books.