The Fastest, Easiest Way to Learn: Schaum's Quick Guides These concise, quick reference guides are perfect for business people, writers, and students at all levels. Written by top experts, they offer readers the easiest, most efficient strategies to master or learn a new skill. All Schaum's Quick Guides include do's and don'ts for avoiding common errors, handy checklists, and practice exercises for building skills quickly.
Table of contents:
Part I: Readable Writing. Know Your Audience. What Should Your Writing Do? The Power of Words to Express, Not Impress. Part II: Working on Structure and Style. Easy Formats to Guide Your Reader. The Power of Visuals, White Space, and Headings. How to Start and Stop. Brush Up on Your Grammar. Using Action Verbs. Part III: Situational Writing. Delivering Bad News. Writing to Martians. Postscript: Do's and Don'ts--The Final Checklist.
Great business writing...The Schaum's Way. Eliminate the old, deadly cliches. Draft concise, authoritative business communications that: get your point across quickly and effectively; inform, instruct, and persuade; prompt positive responses. Let this succinct guide with its formats help you project your best self in all your business correspondence. Look to Schaum's Quick Guides for: step-by-step guidance to help you move quickly through the essentials; do's and don'ts for avoiding common errors; clear explanations of effective writing tips; checklists and exercises for fast skill-building.
This key addition to the Quick Guide Series shows students and professionals how to write for business clearly, concisely and to the point in all kinds of communications, developing skills that will also serve them for all general writing tasks. The step-by-step approach offers users easy formats for writing letters, memos, e-mail, and reports, and will give expert guidance on determining the purpose of your writing, how to begin and end your correspondence, and how to use white space.
Table of contents:
Part I: Readable Writing. Know Your Audience. What Should Your Writing Do? The Power of Words to Express, Not Impress. Part II: Working on Structure and Style. Easy Formats to Guide Your Reader. The Power of Visuals, White Space, and Headings. How to Start and Stop. Brush Up on Your Grammar. Using Action Verbs. Part III: Situational Writing. Delivering Bad News. Writing to Martians. Postscript: Do's and Don'ts--The Final Checklist.
Great business writing...The Schaum's Way. Eliminate the old, deadly cliches. Draft concise, authoritative business communications that: get your point across quickly and effectively; inform, instruct, and persuade; prompt positive responses. Let this succinct guide with its formats help you project your best self in all your business correspondence. Look to Schaum's Quick Guides for: step-by-step guidance to help you move quickly through the essentials; do's and don'ts for avoiding common errors; clear explanations of effective writing tips; checklists and exercises for fast skill-building.
This key addition to the Quick Guide Series shows students and professionals how to write for business clearly, concisely and to the point in all kinds of communications, developing skills that will also serve them for all general writing tasks. The step-by-step approach offers users easy formats for writing letters, memos, e-mail, and reports, and will give expert guidance on determining the purpose of your writing, how to begin and end your correspondence, and how to use white space.