How to Write Clearly: Write with Purpose, Reach Your Reader
Whatever you are writing—from websites and brochures to job applications and books—clarity directly impacts your results. How to Write Clearly is an authoritative yet easy-to-read guide designed to make your non-fiction writing more colourful, expressive, and precise. This book treats writing as a process of communication, drawing on cutting-edge ideas from psychology, education, and linguistics to explore the 'why' as well as the 'how' of effective technique.
This guide is ideal for marketers, businesspeople, journalists, educators, and anyone needing to communicate effectively through the written word. It focuses on putting the reader first, ensuring your ideas align perfectly with their interests.
Key Features and Benefits
- Learn how to understand your reader and tune into their specific needs.
- Master the use of plain language to make your writing accessible, readable, and relatable.
- Discover ten treacherous traps to avoid in your writing process.
- Gain proven techniques for explaining new ideas clearly and effectively.
- Learn how to captivate readers using storytelling, humour, intrigue, and perspective.
- Understand what truly changes readers' minds.
- Techniques for crafting clear sentences and paragraphs, using empathy and pacing to put the reader at ease.
- Guidance on choosing the right structure, length, and title for your content.
- Includes pages of pro tips for drafting, editing, and utilizing feedback.
- Fully illustrated and referenced, with a wealth of examples throughout.
- Part of the series: The Freelance Writer's Starter Kit.
Foreword Insight from Doug Kessler
Doug Kessler, Co-founder of Velocity Partners, states that this book offers new insight into writing, providing practical ways to improve drafts. He emphasizes that it is more than a style guide; it teaches how to think clearly before writing and how to translate that thinking into clear, effective prose, all based on respect for the reader.
Specifications
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Author: Tom Albrighton
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Contributor (Foreword): Doug Kessler
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Format: Paperback
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Language: English
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Publication Date: August 28, 2021
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Publisher: ABC Business Communications Ltd
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ISBN-10: 1739915402
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ISBN-13: 978-1739915407
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Pages: 357 pages
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Dimensions: 140x21x216mm (Approx. 13.97 x 2.06 x 21.59 cm)
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Weight: 440 g
How to Write Clearly is the definitive guide for transforming your non-fiction communication, ensuring your message is understood and acted upon.