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Provided by: JED New Media inc. Writing Well: Strategic StreamliningBusiness Writing |
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Training
Provided by JED New Media inc.
Are you guilty of over-stuffing your writing with unnecessary filler? Is your writing ambiguous and difficult to understand? Learn how to trim the fat and get right to the heart of the matter with clear, crisp, and effective written communications. Strategic streamlining is the discipline of self-editing, an invaluable practice for anyone who has to write any form of communication. (This JEDlet requires a basic knowledge of English grammar terms and rules.)
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Writing Well: Strategic Streamlining
www.jedlet.com - tel: 514.289.1800 - fax: 514.289.1919 - e-mail: info@jedlet.com
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| Title: | Writing Well: Strategic Streamlining |
| ISBN: | 1-894923-37-5 |
| Screens: | 26 |
Synopsis
Are you guilty of over-stuffing your writing with unnecessary filler? Is your writing ambiguous and difficult to understand? Learn how to trim the fat and get right to the heart of the matter with clear, crisp, and effective written communications. Strategic streamlining is the discipline of self-editing, an invaluable practice for anyone who has to write any form of communication. (This JEDlet requires a basic knowledge of English grammar terms and rules.)
Objectives
- Identify common problems in developing clear communications
- Learn how to self-edit effectively
- Identify the many steps to streamlining communications
- Develop a clear understanding of what makes writing effective (or not)
Outline
- Acknowledgement
- Introduction
- Overview
- Objectives
- Cut to the Chase
- “Kill Your Darlings!”
- What’s Your Point?
- Capture Clarity
- Wise Word Choice
- Avoid Abstraction
- Strike Out Stale Expressions
- Annihilate Noun Strings
- Streamlining Practice
- Checkpoint I
- Weed Out Weaknesses
- Simplify Sentences
- Pulverize Petty Verbs
- Eradicate Expletives
- Save Smothered Verbs
- Remove Redundancy
- Eliminate Euphemisms
- Revitalize the Voice
- More Streamlining Practice
- Checkpoint II
- Streamlining Support
- Aim for Speed
- Paint a Thousand Words
- Recruit the 3 Writing Rs
- Rewriting Practice
- Learn from the Masters
- Final Checkpoint
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About The Training Provider: JED New Media inc.
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