Practical Writing: How to Write Clearly

Do you want to improve your practical writing skills? Do you want to present your ideas more clearly, or more creatively? Do you want to develop more confidence in your writing abilities? If you have answered “yes” to any of these questions, then this book is for you. Practical Writing has been designed to help you improve your written English skills. Inspired by his personal teaching portfolio research, assessed by Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University, Samuel Tan uses innovative learning techniques to help you gain theoretical knowledge, and practical experience, in writing methods that will help you to write more richly, more clearly, and in a more satisfying way for your readers. The key lessons in this book have been broken down into bite-sized pieces, making it perfect for individuals with busy lifestyles who want to develop their writing skills, but find they struggle to make time to commit to traditional classroom-based learning. Practical Writing uses a “Learn, Practice, Reflect” methodology to ensure you have the opportunity to practice and experiment with the lessons taught within the book. This makes Practical Writing more engaging, more fun, and more beneficial to the development of your writing skills. Practical Writing will ensure that you write with impact. Among other things, you will learn how to: • Make fewer grammatical mistakes in your writing. • Write more vividly, through the use of descriptive language. • Appear more knowledgeable in professional or academic writing. Suitable for writers of all levels – from those wanting to top-up their current skills, to writing beginners who aren’t sure where to start – within this book you will find plenty of practical tips, helpful exercises, and interesting lessons, which you can use to develop your writing skills. Start improving your writing skills today with Practical Writing, and take your skills to the next level!

Samuel Tan is a technical writer from Singapore. Passionate about creative and academic writing, Samuel Tan has been awarded the Bok Center Teaching Certificate: Higher Education Pedagogy by the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University, and his debut book release, Practical Writing, is a non-fiction text that aims to develop the reader's written English through the use of the "Learn, Practice, Reflect" pedagogy. Driven by a desire to help both seasoned writers, and those new to developing the skill, Practical Writing uses innovative learning methods, engaging activities, and theoretical knowledge to help others take their writing skills and abilities to the next level, even those who lead busy lifestyles.