Book description
When you’re fumbling for words and pressed for time, you might be tempted to dismiss good business writing as a luxury. But it’s a skill you must cultivate to succeed: You’ll lose time, money, and influence if your e-mails, proposals, and other important documents fail to win people over.
The HBR Guide to Better Business Writing, by writing expert Bryan A. Garner, gives you the tools you need to express your ideas clearly and persuasively so clients, colleagues, stakeholders, and partners will get behind them. This book will help you:
Push past writer’s block
Graband keepreaders’ attention
Earn credibility with tough audiences
Trim the fat from your writing
Strike the right tone
Brush up on grammar, punctuation, and usage
Table of contents
- Cover
- Harvard Business Review Guides
- Other Books by Bryan A. Garner
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- What You'll Learn
- Table of Contents
- Introduction: Why you need to write well
- Section 1: Delivering the Goods Quickly and Clearly
- Section 2: Developing Your Skills
- Section 3: Avoiding the Quirks That Turn Readers Off
- Section 4: Common Forms of Business Writing
- Appendixes
- Desk References
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- More Books from Harvard Business Review
Product information
- Title: HBR Guide to Better Business Writing (HBR Guide Series)
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2013
- Publisher(s): Harvard Business Review Press
- ISBN: 9781422184042
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