WritingBasics.com Business and Nonfiction Writing

Getting your

business writing skills

fine tuned is extremely important in today's market.

Finding the right word to mean exactly what you want isn't easy...especially when you're under pressure.  But if you follow the following formula you WILL be able to write anything and meet ANY deadline!  I'm serious about this. 

1.  Write! Seriously, don't think about what you're going to write JUST DO IT!  In fact if you try to think too much about what you're going to write....you won't.  It's that simple.

2. After finishing writing (about 20 or 30 minutes or 30 seconds if all you're writing is an email).  Then go away and come back to it in a little while.  In fact, I would recommend that you NEVER send out anything (memo, email, fax, etc) until you've waiting at least several minutes etc.  Why? Because the part of your brain that you used to write the memo is different than the one that does the proof editing, etc.

3. Re-write  - fixing the new-found errors.

It's that simple.

Let's go on to the next tip:

Take the time to learn basic writing skills - it will be worth the time and energy you invest.  Unless of course you are not looking for a promotion?