Read Chapter 4.2 in Business Communication for Success. This reading advises that good writing is based in experience, effort, critical thinking, and targeted practice. The more you read, write, reflect on your work, and invite constructive criticism, the more your skills will develop. Reading various types of business documents, publications, and media articles will help you learn conventional genre patterns, which in turn can help you reduce preparation and production time when you create your own documents. To overcome writer’s block, keep a positive attitude to writing, take the mystery out of writing by learning the essential skills, do rough drafts, and use think-aloud, and read-aloud, strategies to write and revise.
Recommended: Do the three chapter exercises that encourage you to interview a person whose job involves writing, analyze the business section of a newspaper, and practice filling out an online form that requires writing sentences.
