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Whether you are writing a memo to your boss or a letter to the editor, it is crucial to craft your argument clearly and persuasively. Build confidence by improving your writing's organization, logic and style so that whatever kind of writing your work requires, you can get your point across eloquently and quickly. Delve into the details of the writing process: identifying an audience, choosing the best structure and revising early drafts of your work. Enrollment is limited.
Course Outline
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Course Objectives
- Apply organization and logic to get your point across clearly.
- Write appropriately for your audience.
- Edit and revise your own work, as well as suggest edits to others’ work.
- Write with increased confidence.
What You Learn
- Common forms of business writing
- Difference between primary and secondary audiences
- Determining what you know about your audience and how that information will affect your writing
- Purpose of a piece of business writing
- How to critique others' writing
- Planning and organizing your writing
- Standard business reports
- Organizational strategies for business documents or sections of documents
- Difference between direct and indirect organization
- Headings and subheadings
- Writing and revising drafts
- The revision process: group revision, content and organization, paragraph and sentence structure
- Selection of active, concrete language
- Cutting out excess words, buzzwords and jargon
- Giving your writing the right tone through word choice
- Formatting, grammar, punctuation and spelling
- The proofreading process, including checking for correct formatting, identifying and fixing grammar and punctuation errors, and correcting spelling errors
How You Learn
- Lectures
- Reading assignments
- Writing assignments, including drafts of a memo or report, “3 questions” and proofreading
- Discussion participation and assignments