Why is writing important?
What are the real advantages of
writing?
The advantages of Writing
• It gives writers time to reflect on and
research what they want to communicate
• It makes communication more precise and
effective
• It provides a permanent record of
thoughts
How will your writing ability
influence your career?
• Does writing have any practical value?
The personal benefits of writing
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With written words we develop—
Business proposals
Texts for websites
Resumes
Academic papers
Letters to the editor arguing a particular point
Defend a medical reimbursement claim
Document a demand for a faulty product
• How do you learn to write well?
• What does it take to be a good writer?
Writing skills
• You learn to write through the process of
writing
• This process takes effort, creativity, and
thoughtfulness
• This process is actually a craft that has
definable tools you can use to improve your
skills
When your writing skills are good:
• You will be able to get your message and
its nuances across to your audience
• You will have more self-confidence
• You will be more powerful – able to
respond appropriately to a variety of
situations
• Writing skills and confidence come with
practice, feedback, and more practice
What are the factors that affect your
writing?
• Audience – you are always writing for an audience – it
might be your peers, your professors, your boss, your
clients, etc.
• The audience causes you to make conscious choices in
your writing
• Past experiences, your knowledge of the subject
• The purposes of writing
• Having a specific purpose assists you at every stage of
the writing process. It helps you define your audience,
select the details, language, and the approach that best
suit their needs
What are the purposes of writing?
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To inform
To persuade
To express yourself
To entertain
What are the qualities of good
writing?
What makes writing Good?
• Good writing is purposeful. It has
something to say and says it clearly
• It is “clear, brief, and bold”
• Fresh thinking
• Sense of style
• Effective organization
What are the qualities of this
passage?
• ‘For it follows from my whole argument
that the realm of managerial expertise is one
in which what purport to be objectivelygrounded claims function in fact as
expressions of arbitrary, but disguised, will
and preference.” (McIntyre)
Choose one of these topics
• Advantages and/or disadvantages of living
in Plano
• Causes and effects of the high drop-out rate
in the public schools