Crisp: Fat-Free Writing: Business Writing for the Information Age (Crisp Fifty-Minute Series) (Paperback)

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The activities and techniques outlined in this book will teach you to communicate clearly, correctly, and concisely; format documents for maximum impact; use shirtsleeve English to get your point across; tailor your communication to different learning styles; and simplify your messages to ensure they will get read. Paring your writing down to a distinct and concise message makes a huge difference in what your reader pays attention to and retains. Today’s limited time, technological advances, and increased pace of communication means that every written word counts. You will learn critical skills for delivering messages with impact, such as constructing eye-catching subject lines and using parallel construction.

Learning Objectives: To introduce the reader to the principles of Shirtsleeve English. To empower the reader's writing by using verbs. To update the reader's style by keeping things short and simple. To deploy information on the page for the reader's eye.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Crisp Learning; 1 edition (July 11, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156052586X
• ISBN-13: 978-1560525868
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #217,341 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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• This item is part of The Crisp 50 Minute Series.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fat-Free Writing, March 12, 2009

By	Yana G. Uretskaya (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a very interesting book. I took a lot of tests and compared with author's suggested responses to the exercises. It was very surprised. I tried to think the way of author's suggestion, so I cut in half or more my writing. It was really so difficult, but I was impressed. The book is not annoying, like many textbooks. I would say that I obtained some knowledge of studying this book. I think my writing is gradually getting much less of fat and more precise.
Thank author Carol Andrus for the wonderful book.
Yana.