Chapter 12
Resuscitating Your Writing
IN THIS CHAPTER
Making your words speak to funders
Incorporating real-life examples to capture attention
Spinning a spellbinding program design
Winning peer review points by writing to the criteria
The old-school style of grant writing was cut and dried; actually, it was boring! Page after page of term-paper paragraphs with few injections of case statements (stories about the target population in need) and not many eye-catching, easy-to-read sentences. However, when it comes to writing competitive grant applications today, most funders want brevity, real-life examples, and alignment between what they fund and your project in need of funding. Foundations and corporations are more receptive to this type of writing than government agencies. There are a lot of easy writing spin tips that can help you breeze through writing online e-grant applications, as well as paper funding submissions.
So, do you need an advanced degree in creative writing? No! Do you need to hire a spin master? Well, it might help to reduce your stress, but what you really need ...
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