SMART WRITING AT WORK
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One of the very top writing challenges my students, and participants in my writing seminars, express to me is their trouble “getting started.” This “how to” post will explain the ins and outs of writing that opening INTRODUCTION. It will cover three main recommendations:
give readers what they need at the start,
avoid starting with “background” info,
use the INTRO to set up the whole document.
…I keep getting consulting jobs because my interventions, according to feedback I’m given, do, in fact, improve writing within these organizations. But what really changes within an organization after my writing consulting sessions? Not just individual writing skills. In concert with these individual gains, what changes after my consulting is the whole office writing culture…
Answer interesting questions interestingly!
That's the trick! (...to making your workplace writing impressive)
You probably assume I'm talking about something easy, a quick TRICK, something you can learn in a flash, a quick solution to a difficult problem. Presto! ...as if by MAGIC. These days, how we all crave as many quick FIXes as we can get!
