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The Survey Report
‘‘Did you ever stop to think how odd it is that you have to learn how to write
your own language? Why? What is there to learn?’’
—Rudolf Flesch and A. H. Lass, The Way to Write, Harper & Row, 1963.
There is little likelihood that the average security professional was born with the writing
mastery of, say, Ernest Hemingway. Writing is an art, and like most arts, it must be
constantly practiced if it is to become a useful an d natural talent. Although few of us can
learn to write with the flow and style of a great master, we can, with effort and practice,
greatly improve our ability to communicate by use of the written word.
Many of ...