• Write for the reader: Learn what your reader needs to know and say it clearly .
• Writing is rewriting: Don't think you can write a "finished" first draft; get it all down, discover your focus, re-organize your material, then rewrite.
• Electronic writing is still writing: Take as much time to compose electronically as you do to compose paper documents.
• Use graphics in your writing: Charts, etc., used appropriately can make your writing more clear and forceful.
• Put your most important ideas up front: This placement happens through careful rewriting.
• Keep your writing simple: Use active voice; don't write to impress through vocabulary; avoid the vagueness of passive voice
• Proofread all documents before sending: good impressions don't always make proposals but bad impressions break them.

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TEACHING WITH WRITING HOME

WRITING FELLOWS

WRITING TO LEARN ACTIVITIES

CREATING CLEAR ASSIGNMENTS

EVALUATING AND GRADING

FEEDBACK TOWARD REVISIONS

PEER RESPONSE GROUPS

ESL RESOURCES

WORKPLACE WRITING

ONLINE WRITING GUIDES IN THE DISCIPLINES

USEFUL "HOW-TO" SITES

WAC AND THE LIBRARY

REFERRING STUDENTS TO THE WRITING CENTER