As has been mentioned in previous blogs, knowing your audience is one of the most important parts of professional writing. But what does that really mean? To put it simply, knowing your audience means knowing who composes your audience. How old are they? How educated? What sort of language do they use? And what are … More Knowing Your Audience
One of the most important parts of writing is rewriting, or the process of editing. This process can be neglected when deadlines loom, but it is still important to maintain a professional standard when writing, both in a job and in college. This blog will show you a few quick tips for editing your papers. … More Editing a Paper
Proposals are, essentially, exactly what they sound like: a written proposal for some kind of project. Often proposals solve some kind of problem. For example, a proposal might be about ways to shorten lines at a grocery store, or about how an animal shelter could manage to make space for new creatures. This blog will … More Writing a Proposal
One aspect of professional writing is creating documents that can be used for advertising, such as brochures. However, actually creating a brochure can be less than straightforward. This blog will give you some tips on making your own brochure. Utilize Imagery Brochures are a visual medium, which means using images to attract the eye and … More Creating a Brochure
This might seem like a strange topic for a blog post. Emails have become so commonplace among everything from school to the modern business place that there is virtually no one that is unfamiliar with writing, receiving, and sending them. Despite this, emails are often written informally and unprofessionally. This blog post will show you … More Composing an Email
Last week, we discussed blog posts. This week, we’ll discuss creating a website. As this is a blog more focused on the writing and style aspects of the sight, this blog won’t teach you how to code, but it will teach you how to make your website clear and useful to readers. Layout The layout … More Creating a Website
In a bit of irony, this post is about the best way to write a blog post. While anyone can start a blog, not everyone can do it well. This post will be about the tips and tricks that are important to starting a blog post. Topic Picking a topic for a blog post is … More Blog Posts
Creating an infographic can seem like a daunting task. Breaking down information, creating a nice guide for it all, making everything neat and clear to a reader- it’s a lot to do! But if you break down the process into a few simple steps, it can be much easier to figure out how to make … More Creating an Infographic
The ability to summarize is important in a variety of fields. From breaking down a research report to simply trying to get the main points of a presentation across, summarizing is often vitally important to writers. In professional writing, the ability to summarize and clarify information is an important skill. Often, writers need to read … More Executive Summaries
What do lawyers, business people, and researchers have in common? They all have to do some form of professional writing in order to do their jobs effectively. Professional writing can be best described as a profession that calls for formal writing such as grant writing, proposals, reports, technical writing, etc. Some professional writers also create … More Professional Writing 101
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