Why is writing important? What are the real advantages of writing?
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Why is writing important?
What are the real advantages of writing?
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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
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How will your writing ability influence your career?
• Does writing have any practical value?
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The personal benefits of writing
• 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
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• How do you learn to write well?
• What does it take to be a good writer?
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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
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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
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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
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What are the purposes of writing?
• To inform
• To persuade
• To express yourself
• To entertain
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What are the qualities of good writing?
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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
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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 objectively-grounded claims function in fact as expressions of arbitrary, but disguised, will and preference.” (McIntyre)
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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