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 What is meant by Ơthe writing processơ?
 How is the business writing process
similar to other kinds of writing?
 How is the business writing process
unique?
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 Ylanning
 Drafting
 Revising
 Formatting
 Yroofreading

 Yurpose
 What is your general purpose?
 What is your specific objective?
 What do you want your reader to do?
 Audience
 Who is the main audience?
 What are his/her/their characteristics?
 What do you expect their response to be?
 How much does the audience already
know?

 xontent
 Include relevant data, discard irrelevant data
 Techniques:
 brainstorming
ƥ aim for quantity & donƞt evaluate
 mind mapping (or clustering)
 Organization
 classify - grouping related ideas
 subordinate - ranking major and minor points
 sequence - direct approach or indirect
approach
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 Get ideas flow - donƞt evaluate -
separate drafting from revising
 Ways to let your ideas flow
 positive thinking
 find a quiet place to write
 schedule enough time to achieve
something
 write out your purpose
 avoid perfectionism
 talk out loud
 save writing the hardest parts for last
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 Three types of revising: xontent, Style,


xorrectness
 xontent
 Does the content match the purpose?
 Is the message clear to the reader?
 Is the content relevant and complete?
 Is the information organized in the best way?
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 Style
 clear & concise
 short, simple words
 positive, non-discriminatory language
 variety of sentence types
 appropriate active and passive voice
 avoidance of fragments and run-on sentences
 unified, coherent paragraphs
 60 - 80 word paragraphs
 sincere, courteous tone
 Ơyouơ attitude
 



 £se proper formatting for memoranda,


reports, letters. (More on this will be
covered in the tutorials.)
 

 Yroof for content


 Yroof for typographical errors (including
misspellings - e. g.., Ơformơ - missed by
spell-checkers)
 Yroof for format
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 Who is the main audience for the letter? What are their
characteristics? What do they already know?
 What is the purpose of the letter? What is the specific
objective? What do you want the reader to do?
 What relevant data should you include in the letter?
 How should you organize the information in the letter?

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