1st Edition

Writing for Planners A Handbook for Students and Professionals in Writing, Editing, and Document Production

By Claudia Kousoulas Copyright 2020
202 Pages 89 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

202 Pages 89 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

202 Pages 89 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Writing is never easy, but this book can make it easier. With attentiveness and experience, Claudia Kousoulas gives readers applied writing, editing, and production approaches that provide a clear path to completing a document and tools that ensure it is engaging and professional. The book follows a project’s path from initial assignment and conception, through sorting out what’s significant,... Read more

Introduction; Before You Write: Developing Expertise; Know the Context; Know the Audience; Writing: A Writing Process; Madman: Generating Ideas; Architect: Structure and Story; Carpenter: Words, Sentences, Paragraphs; Judge: Red Pens and Sharp Knives; When to Stop; After You Write: Communication Beyond Words; Document Elements; Production Techniques; Presenting; Afterword

Biography

Claudia Kousoulas has worked in urban and rural communities on master plans and community development projects, always with the idea to engage participants in the process and outcome by communicating ideas in meaningful ways. She has taught and presented to students and professionals, and is also a freelance editor and author of Contemporary Architecture in Washington, D.C. and Bread & Beauty: A Year in Montgomery County’s Agricultural Reserve.