HBR Guide to Better Business Writing (HBR Guide Series)

Name: HBR Guide to Better Business Writing (HBR Guide Series)
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ISBN: 9781422184035

ISBN-10: 142218403X

ISBN-13: 9781422184035

Edition: 2013

Authors: Bryan A. Garner

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Book details

List price: $28.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Publication date: 1/15/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.98" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Bryan A. Garner is president of LawProse, Inc., and Distinguished Research Professor of Law at Southern Methodist University. The editor-in-chief of Black's Law Dictionary, Garner is the author of several best-selling books, including Garner's Modern American Usage and, with Justice Antonin Scalia, Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts and Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges.



Introduction: Why you need to write well



Delivering the Goods Quickly and Clearly



Know why you're writing



Understand your readers



Divide the writing process into four separate tasks



Before writing in earnest, jot down your three main points-in complete sentences



Write in full-rapidly



Improve what you've written



Use graphics to illustrate and clarify



Developing Your Skills



Be relentlessly clear



Learn to summarize-accurately



Waste no words



Be plain-spoken: Avoid bizspeak



Use chronology when giving a factual account



Be a stickler for continuity



Learn the basics of correct grammar



Get feedback on your drafts from colleagues



Avoiding the Quirks That Turn Readers Off



Don't anesthetize your readers



Watch your tone



Common Forms of Business Writing



E-mails



Business Letters



Memos and Reports



Performance Appraisals


Appendixes



A Checklist for the Four Stages of Writing



A Dozen Grammatical Rules You Absolutely Need to Know



A Dozen Punctuation Rules You Absolutely Need to Know



Common Usage Gaffes



Some Dos and Don'ts of Business-Writing Etiquette



A Primer of Good Usage


Desk References


Index


Acknowledgments


About the Author