Contents
- 1. Letters and Memos
- 1a. Letters
- Sample 1: Letter of Request
- Letter Format
- Writing Business Letters
- Sample 2: Informal Letter of Request
- Sample 3: Letter of Complaint
- Sample 4: Letter Responding to Complaint
- Sample 5: Bad News Letter
- Sample 6: Fund-raising Letter
- 1b. Memos
- Sample 7: Standard Memo
- Memo Format
- Writing Memos
- Sample 8: Routine, Informal Memo
- 2. News and Feature Stories
- 2a. News
- Sample 9: News Article
- News Article Format
- Writing News Stories
- The Five W’s and an H
- Sample 10: External Newsletter Article
- Sample 11: Internal Newsletter Article
- Sample 12: News Memo
- Sample 13: Newsletter Report of a Meeting
- 2b. Feature Stories
- Sample 14: Independent Feature Article
- Feature Article Format
- Writing Feature Articles
- Sample 15: Sidebar Feature
- 2c. Some Notes on Journalistic Style
- Sample 16: Five Leads for the Same Story
- 3. Interviews, Biographical Sketches, and Obituaries
- 3a. Interviews
- Sample 17: Newsletter Interview in Feature Article Format
- Interview in Feature Article Format
- Writing the Interview
- Sample 18: Newsletter Interview in Q-and-A Format
- Conducting a Formal Interview
- 3b. Biographical Sketches
- Sample 19: Employee-of-the-Month
- Biographical Sketch for Internal Newsletter
- Format for Newsletter Article Biographical Sketch
- Sample 20: Biographical Sketch for Political or Promotional Material
- Sample 21: Biographical Sketch for Award Ceremony
- Sample 22: Brief Biographical Sketch for Public Relations Use
- Sample 23: Brief Biographical Sketch for Theater Program
- 3c. Obituaries
- Sample 24: Newspaper Obituary
- Newspaper Obituary Format
- Writing an Obituary
- Sample 25: Expanded Obituary
- Sample 26: Death Announcement to Community or Organization
- 4. Press Releases and Press Kits
- 4a. Press Releases
- Sample 27: Press Release for General Distribution
- Press Release Format
- Writing Press Releases
- Sample 28: Press Release for Local Paper
- Sample 29: Press Release in Informal Style
- Sample 30: Press Release from Nonprofit Community Organization
- Sample 31: Humorous Press Release
- Attachments and Press Kits
- Photos and Photo Captions
- Sample 32: Photo Caption
- 5. Flyers and Brochures
- 5a. Flyers
- Sample 33: Announcement Flyer
- Flyer Format
- Planning a Flyer
- Sample 34: Flyer Advertising a Service
- Sample 35: Flyer Recruiting Volunteers
- Sample 36: Flyer Advertising Job Vacancy
- 5b. Brochures
- Sample 37: Conference Brochure in Self-Mailer Format
- Brochure Self-Mailer Format
- Designing a Brochure
- Sample 38: Fundraising/All-Purpose Brochure (Not Self-Mailing)
- 6. Reports and Proposals
- 6a. Reports
- Sample 39: Report in Memo Form
- Report Format
- Writing the Report
- The Language of Reports
- 6b. Proposals
- Sample 40: Unsolicited Internal Proposal
- Proposal Format
- Writing a Proposal
- How Proposals Are Judged
- Sample 41: Solicited External Proposal
- 7. Instructions and a Few Points about Manuals
- 7a. Instructions
- Sample 42: Operating Instructions for Novices
- Format for Instructions
- Writing Instructions
- Sample 43: Technical Instructions
- Sample 44: Instructions for a Procedure
- 7b. A Few Points about Manuals
- Sample 45: Selections from a User Manual
- 8. Agendas and Minutes
- 8a. Agendas
- Sample 46: Formal Agenda
- Formal Agenda Format
- Writing an Agenda
- Sample 47: Less Formal Agenda
- Sample 48: Informal Agenda
- 8b. Minutes
- Sample 49: Formal Minutes
- Format for Formal Minutes
- Writing Minutes
- Sample 50: Less Formal Minutes
- 9. Resumes and Cover Letters
- 9a. Resumes
- Sample 51: Work History Resume
- Work History Resume Format
- Writing a Resume
- Functional (Skills) Resume
- First-Time Job Seeker’s Resume
- Sample 52: Functional (Skills) Resume
- Sample 53: First-Time Job Seeker’s Resume
- 9b. Cover Letters
- Cover Letter Format
- Sample 54: Cover Letter
- Writing the Cover Letter
- 10. Writer’s Guide
- 10a. Punctuation
- 10b. Documentation
- 10c. Writing and the Law
- 10d. Style Guides
- 10e. Your Computer’s Professional Tools
- 11. Editing
- 11a. Five Strategies for Effective Prose
- 11b. Some Commonly Confused Words and Spellings
- 11c. Some Tricky Aspects of Usage and Style
- 11d. Plurals
- 11e. Subject and Verb Agreement
- 11f. Parallel Structure
- 11g. Gender Neutral Language
- 11h. The Process of Editing: Collaboration
- 12. Resources
- 12a. Guides to Specific Types of Writing
- 12b. Guides to Layout and Design
- 12c. Guides to Effective Writing
- 12d. Guides to Usage, Including Dictionaries
- 12e. Computers and Writing
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