Business Writing

In "The Importance of Writing Well," Nelson Fabian (2001) notes that we constantly communicate with others about ourselves. As we take pride in how others see us, their good impressions of us depend on how well we communicate that we are people worthy of their trust and respect (Fabian, 2001). But at the same time, people who write for business purposes should write with brevity. This can make it hard to include the personal style that will communicate to the reader something about the writer (Anderson, 1997). Other writers note that some have become far too proud their writing and have "fallen in love" with their own words, while others dislike writing and see business writing as a "necessary evil" (Anderson, 1997).

The truth is somewhere in between. Business writing is not like writing the great American novel, but nonetheless, good business writing is important to good business....
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