The Manager's Pocket Guide to Effective Writing

Table of contents

1. Title
2. Copyright
3. Dedication
4. TABLE OF CONTENTS
5. INTRODUCTION
6. PREFACE
7. 1. SELECTING
   1. Who?
   2. Why?
   3. When and Where?
   4. What?
   5. How?
   6. Writing Workshop #1
8. 2. EXPLORING
   1. Collecting
   2. Connecting
   3. Writing Workshop #2
9. 3. FASTWRITING
   1. Freewriting
   2. Freelisting
   3. Webbing
   4. Freespeaking
   5. Preferences
   6. Writing Workshop #3
10. 4. SURVEYING
    1. Reviewing What You’ve Written
    2. Finding Out What You Know
    3. Deciding What Works
    4. Discovering Connections
    5. Making a List of Key Words
    6. Writing Workshop #4
11. 5. HUNTING
    1. Interviewing Others
    2. Developing a Thesis Statement
    3. Where to Find Sources
    4. Interviewing Documents
    5. Systematic Process
    6. Writing Workshop #5
12. 6. WRITING
    1. Organizing Your Notes
    2. Refining the Thesis Statement
    3. Writing the Draft
    4. Reviewing the Draft
    5. Writing Workshop #6
13. 7. REVISING
    1. Scanning the Draft
    2. Developing Topic Sentences
    3. Making Transitions
    4. Conjunctions
    5. Pronouns
    6. Repeated Words and Synonyms
    7. Paragraph Length
    8. Communicating Your Ideas
    9. Writing Workshop #7
14. 8. REWRITING
    1. The Introduction
    2. The Body
    3. The Conclusion
    4. Structure to Stand On
    5. Writing Workshop #8
15. 9. TESTING
    1. The Writer-Broker Concept
    2. Writing Response Groups
    3. The COACH Method
    4. Expert Readers
    5. Writing Workshop #9
16. 10. ENDING
    1. Allow Time
    2. Read Your Writing Aloud
    3. Use the Active Voice
    4. Avoid the Verb “Is”
    5. Use Short Sentences—The Rule of Twenty
    6. Don’t Smother Verbs
    7. Use Concrete Language
    8. Keep Related Words Together
    9. Determine the Point of View
    10. Make Your Writing Readable
    11. Letting Go
    12. Writing Workshop #10
17. INDEX
18. ABOUT THE AUTHOR