Summary

Synopsis

Are you intimidated by the blank page? Do you have difficulty organizing information when you are required to write a report, a presentation or a paper? This helpful blueprint for better writing shows you how to organize writing projects from the ground floor right up to the finished product.

Objectives

• Identify a concrete strategy for producing a written project
• Incorporate advice on structure and organization
• Use sentence, paragraph and transitional suggestions
• Identify additional tools to enhance your writing

Outline

• Acknowledgement
• Introduction
• Overview
• Objectives
• Constructing Communications
• Building on the Blank Page
• Location, Location, Location!
• Client Considerations
• Planning Pointers
• Practice Page
• Information Flow
• Information Flow Options
• Borrowing Tools
• Checkpoint I
• Structure
• The Framework
• Paragraphing
• Sentence Suggestions
• Editing Practice
• Transition Tips
• Subcontracting
• Shortcuts
• Building Game
• Checkpoint II
• Finishing Touches
• Detailing
• Clean-Up
• Structural Integrity Checklist
• Inspection
• The Finished Product
• A Job Well Done
• Final Checkpoint