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Introduction: Manage Your Writing |
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Be Your Own Communication Department |
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Writing in a Knowledge Economy |
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What a Writing Course Canand Can'tDo |
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"The Discipline of the Craft" |
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Managing Your Writing Time |
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The Law of the Next Action |
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Chapter 1. Find the "We": Manage Your Relationship with Your Reader |
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Communication and Community |
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Chapter 2. Make Holes, Not Drills: Manage with Purpose |
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The Corporate Communication Grid |
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Chapter 3. Get Your Stuff Together: Manage Your Information |
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Chapter 4. Get Your Ducks in a Row: Manage Your Structure |
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The Technique of Organizing |
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From Information to Knowledge |
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Chapter 5. Do It Wrong the First Time: Manage Your Drafting |
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Overcoming Writer's Block |
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Chapter 6. Take a Break and Change Hats: Manage Your Internal Writer and Editor |
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From Writer-Based to Reader-Based |
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Chapter 7. Signal Your Turns: Manage Your Paragraphs |
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Chapter 8. Say What You Mean: Manage Your Subjects and Verbs |
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Hidden Subjects and Verbs |
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Chapter 9. Pay by the Word: Manage Your Sentence Economy |
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Objectivity and Common Sense |
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Chapter 10. Translate into English: Manage Your Word Choices |
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Readability Formulas and Style Checkers |
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Deliberate "Obfuscation"? |
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Chapter 11. Finish the Job: Manage Your Spelling, Punctuation, and Mechanics |
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Chapter 12. Manage Your Writing: Evaluate Your Writing Process |
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Appendix A: Manage Your Online Writing |
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Appendix B: Manage Your Global Writing: The Case of the Belgian Fries |
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Appendix C: Manage Your Speaking |
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Appendix D: Resources for Managing Your Writing |
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Index |
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