BUSINESS WRITING

Writing Tips by Dr. Oswald

REVISING

Revising Tip No. 1: Reorganizing

After you write something, check the organization. Here is an easy tip how to do that and to make sure you are not being redundant and that everything is in the place it should be. Try making subheadings throughout (you don't have to keep them all or any of them...or you might choose to keep them). This way you can check to be sure every paragraph is in the correct section. For example, for an influenza article I was editing, once I made subheadings, I noticed that symptoms appeared as a topic in two paragraphs in separate sections of the article, and that same thing happened twice more with other topics. Therefore, I had to move things around and delete some paragraphs that were redundant. So again, just make subheadings and then go through paragraph by paragraph to make sure everything's in the right section and there aren't any redundancies.

Revising Tip No. 2: Paragraphing (Topic Sentences and Support)

Related to the above: Make sure that you have a topic sentence for each paragraph, and that everything in the rest of that paragraph relates to or supports that topic sentence. You should not have more than one topic in a paragraph.

PREWRITING

Prewriting Tip No. 1: The Triad

Before writing, write down your audience, purpose, and topic. This will help organize your thoughts beforehand and help you find your focus.

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LOTS OF ARTICLES ON VARIOUS Writing TOPICS

• Hobbies site with dozens of articles on various types of writing, including proofreading.
• Lots of articles on writing; has a section of articles on writing for money.

MARKETING WRITING

• Successful e-mail marketing writing.
• Public relations writing: includes tips on writing newsletters and press releases (commercial site)

BUSINESS PLANS

• Writing a business plan

Memos

• Writing a memo (from Purdue University)
• More memo writing tips (with specific examples of what to do and what not to do)
• Memo example from Dayton University.
• Tips on Writing Memos - A College Teacher's Web Site

Business Letters

• About.com sample business letters to download
• Ten Business Writing Mistakes (a good handout from Arizona State University's Writing Center)

WEB SITES

• Writing for Web sites (lots of articles and tips)

Examples of Writing to Use in Editing and Track Changes Assignments:

• "The Future of the English Language"

SHORT Reports

• Short Report Assignment
• Short Report Sample (references need to be fixed per AP, but this is generally a great example for you)

FINAL (LONG) REPORTS

• Report Topics Handout
• Final Report Template
• Writing Your Final Report - NEW

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Read your textbook for ideas on creating and improving your speech. Click here for a link to a web site that explains the importance of oral presentations in a technical writing class and that provides tips.

EDITING

• Rough draft web site to be edited, formatted, researched, and revised.
• Revisions of web site - Draft 1 WITH TRACK CHANGES.
• Revisions of web site - without track changes.
• Very rough report to be formatted and edited and rewritte

 

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