Written Communication

Writing Purpose  Decide what you want to accomplish before you start!

Written Communication Two types of common writing purposes  Informative Writing  Persuasive Writing

Written Communication Why should you know your audience?  What are my readers’ roles?  How much do they know about my topic?  Are they interested, or do I have to convince them to read my material?  Can I expect readers to have open or closed minds about my topic?

Written Communication The Writing Process  Planning  Drafting  Revising  Editing

Written Communication Planning  Brainstorming  Narrow Topic  More Brainstorming  Freewriting  Asking journalists’ questions  Conduct research  Write a thesis statement  Write a working outline  Create a checklist

Written Communication Drafting  Freewriting your draft  Writing an introduction  Creating the body of a paper  Writing the conclusion  Crediting authors and sources  Continue your checklist

Written Communication Revising  Being a critical writer  Evaluating paragraph structure  Checking for clarity and conciseness

Written Communication Editing  A final checklist

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Written Communication “I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.” ~Flannery O’Connor