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Guidelines for Business Writing
- Use an orderly writing process
- Spill the beans at the beginning
- End with next steps, stated with emphasis
- Use time to persuade
- Write coherent paragraphs
- Pay attention to tone
- Vary your sentence length and structure
- Use parallel structure for like ideas
- Use the most precise vocabulary possible
- Be concise
- Use concrete active-voice verbs
- Reduce clutter
- Observe the conventions
