The Only Business Writing Book You'll Ever Need by Brown, Laura -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Contents Foreword Preface Introduction

For Instructors and Students How to Write Anything

To Write or Not to Write?

What Kind of Writer Are You? The Seven Steps

Step 1: Get the Ask Clear

How to Write by Avoiding Writing

Step 2: Write for Your Reader

Step 3: Start Strong and Specific Step 4: Be Concise

Writing Is Rewriting

Step 5: Fill in Missing Content; Delete Extraneous Content Step 6: Write in Plain English Step 7: If Something Feels Wrong, Fix It

The Checklist The Checklist in Action: Before and After Examples

Write It and Then Read It Out Loud

Types of Business Writing

The Basics

E-mail Hints and Tips for Effective E-mails The Etiquette of E-mail Writing Requests Escalated Request When a Deadline Is Approaching Bad News Messages Instant Messages Presentations Creating Visuals Proposals

Business Relationships

Introductions Recommendations Thank-yous For Deeper Connection and Reflection, Write It by Hand Apologies

Promoting Your Business and Yourself

Web Copy Blogs Social Media Creating Content for Your Website or Blog Press Releases Speeches The Art of the Anecdote Bios

Employment Matters

Résumés Cover Letter for Your Résumé Follow-up Message After a Job Interview Five Tips for Communicating with Millennials in the Workplace Job Descriptions Job Advertisements Performance Reviews Resignation Letters Termination Letters

Resources

Writing Skills

Overcoming Writer’s Block The Secret to Overcoming Writer’s Block Editing Your Own Writing

Style

Active Voice—Make Your Writing More Direct Reading, Writing, and Leadership This What? Gender-Neutral Language

Grammar And Usage

Sentences, Fragments, and Run-ons Pronoun Pitfalls Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers “That” and “Which” Split Infinitives Ending a Sentence with a Preposition “Unique” “Would Have,” “Could Have”

Commonly Confused Words Punctuation

How to Use a Comma How to Use Colons and Semicolons How to Use Parentheses, Brackets, and Dashes How to Use Capital Letters How to Use Quotation Marks

Acknowledgments Appendix A: Business Writing Survey Appendix B: List of Common Prepositions Contributors Index About the Author Also by Laura Brown Copyright