The Write Approach: Techniques for Effective Business Writing

Stockard, Olivia

ISBN 10: 0126715459 / ISBN 13: 9780126715453

Published by Brill (edition 1), 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Write Approach: Techniques for Effective Business Writing
• Publisher: Brill (edition 1)
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0126715459
• ISBN 13: 9780126715453
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Olivia Stockard, a New York-based communications consultant, provides techniques to help business writers translate their skills in analysis and logic into successful letters, memos, and reports. Her examples are drawn from paper and electronic documents written in large corporations and small businesses. By judging writing samples and ultimately setting their own standards, readers learn how to evaluate business writing and improve it. It includes exercises, worksheets, and sample revisions and covers memos, letters, and ways to catch readers' eyes. It teaches how to judge writing quality and incorporates actual writing samples from large and small businesses. It emphasizes results-oriented writing.

From the Back Cover

Olivia Stockard, a New York-based communications consultant, provides techniques to help business writers translate their skills in analysis and logic into successful letters, memos, and reports. Her examples are drawn from paper and electronic documents written in large corporations and small businesses. By judging writing samples and ultimately setting their own standards, readers learn how to evaluate business writing and improve it.