Write To The Point Book

	Introduction	7
Chapter 1	Writing to the Point	9
Chapter 2	Getting Started: Stop Staring and Start Writing	17
Chapter 3	It's Not About You: Writing for Your Reader	23
Chapter 4	The Right Package: Organizing and Evaluating Information	37
Chapter 5	Don't Obfuscate: Writing With Clarity and Precision	53
Chapter 6	Leave Out the Commercials: Let the Sentences Sell the Message	67
Chapter 7	Who Do You Think You Are? Tone and Style	91
Chapter 8	Last Restroom for 300 Miles: Editing for Content and Structure	99
Chapter 9	Don't Trust the Spell-Checker: Proofreading Made Easier	115
Chapter 10	E-mail: To Send or Not to Send?	123
Chapter 11	Memo, Letter, and Report Guidelines	137
Chapter 12	Instructions, Presentations, Proposals, and Resumes	159
Appendix A	Business Letter Models	179
Appendix B	Guidelines to Punctuation	211
Appendix C	Grammar and Usage Review	217
Appendix D	Often-Confused Words	225
Appendix E	The Correct Use of Prepositions That Follow Certain Words	235
Appendix F	Capitalization	237
Appendix G	Plural Nouns	239
Appendix H	Compound Nouns/Words	243
	Writing Aerobics: Review Exercises to Test Yourself	245
	Index	251
	About the Author	256