1st Edition
Professional Writing Guide Writing well and knowing why
Preface
Chapter 1 Writing in the Business Environment
Chapter 2 Reading in the Business Environment
Chapter 3 Using Experimental Thinking
Chapter 4 Critical Thinking
Chapter 5 Choosing an Appropriate Document Framework
Chapter 6 Structuring Paragraphs
Chapter 7 Shaping Sentences
Chapter 8 Considering Language
Chapter 9 Choosing the Right Word
Chapter 10 Deciding How to Punctuate
Chapter 11 Revising and Editing Your Documents
Chapter 12 Choosing Good Design
Chapter 13 The Impact of Technology on Writing
Chapter 14 Future Directions for Professional Writing
Index
Biography
Roslyn Petelin is a senior lecturer in Professional Writing in the School of Communication and Organisational Studies within the Faculty of Business at the Queensland University of Technology. She is editor of the Australian Journal of Communication.
Marsha Durham lectures in writing and organisational communication at the University of Western Sydney and is Head of Department of Language and Interaction Studies in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. She is a writing consultant and trainer to business and community groups and a founding editor of the journal of the Australian Society of Technical Communication (NSW).
