WHY IS LEARNING EFFECTIVE WRITING IMPORTANT ?
It seems like a silly question, but it is very important to be able to express yourself well. Our writings sometimes precede us as in proposing for a job we need to submit a C.V. and sometimes a cover letter, or when sending e-mails to someone we don’t actually know well or haven't met yet e.g. work partners, or even responding on behalf of your company or institute and so on.
Poor writing may cost a lot; it may lead to misunderstanding due to misconstrue of sentences and words. We need to write well for the following reasons:
To achieve the above mentioned purposes and clarity of writing, your writing should be effective.
Effective writing should have the following characteristics:
Poor writing may cost a lot; it may lead to misunderstanding due to misconstrue of sentences and words. We need to write well for the following reasons:
- To translate and materialize our ideas and thoughts into accessible documents useful to others.
- For reporting our work in informative, concise and professional formats.
To achieve the above mentioned purposes and clarity of writing, your writing should be effective.
Effective writing should have the following characteristics:
- Clear objective, in other words the purpose of the document is clear.
- Good organization, which means you should consider the logical sequence of the paragraphs according to their importance and relevance to the subject you are writing about.
- Clear, brief and concise writing.
- Appropriate language so that the choice of words and complexity of writing language is tailored to suite your readers.
- Correct spelling, grammar and punctuation.