Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Creating Strong Professional Writing Skills
Grammar appears, at some point, in every persons educational experience. Some catch on quicker than others. Often times, those who struggle with composition and grammar possess a better strength in arithmetic and the sciences. Regardless of the path you choose to take in college, some form of professional writing will be a necessity for your future vocation. Even after we conquer Composition I and II we tend to forget some of the basic rules, which strengthen our writing skills. The website http://designsensory.com/pws/index.html offers a variety of incredibly helpful tips to insure that we as writers continue to write smoothly, strongly, and effectively. The web page Professional Writing Style provides twelve separate lessons on how to write well. After reviewing several of the lessons I learned that even a knowledgeable professional writing student can acquire more strength in his/her writing from these lessons. The lesson sections are titled as follows: Preferring Active Voice, Denominalizing, Trimming Fat, Reducing Jargon, Unraveling Adjective-Noun Strings and Reducing Preposition Sprawl, Using Parallel Form, Being Emphatic and Coherent, Using Modifiers, Choosing the Right Words, Mastering Punctuation, Using Ethical and Inoffensive Language, and Finding the Right Tone. Each of the lessons goes into extensive detail on its topic. Examples, explanations, and tips provide a simple refresher for readers. No matter what level of professional writing you have mastered, I highly recommend you visit this website and take something from it's fantastic offerings!
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I will have to check out that website. Well said
ReplyDeleteNice use of voice. Proofread your posts, especially for punctuation (use of possessives). Use more white space and incorporate a graphic or visual. Make sure your reader can click on your links if you embed them.
ReplyDeleteAlso, put your name after your subject heading of your post...
ReplyDeleteInteresting website! I have to say that grammar was never my strong point. I am sadly still working on perfection to this day!
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