TIM ALBERT
writer and trainer
Write Effectively: table of contents
' Many people are surprised by the range of what they have to write: reports, letters, applications, minutes, essays, protocols, policy statements, articles . . . the list goes on They also have to face a constant procession of e-mails which people tend not to count as “real writing”, but which are as important – and which even the decisive can take two hours or more a day to deal with.
'At the same time we seem particularly ill-prepared for all this writing. The task is badly defined, time-consuming and difficult. Courses on how to do it are rare. Agreement on “good writing” seems to be rarer still and the whole process often appears to be more about internal power squabbles than external communication. Not surprisingly, many writers in the health services dislike it and avoid it wherever possible. Others proceed reluctantly, without confidence – and without any satisfaction at the end of each writing task' - from the publisher's blurb.
Part 1: The quick course
Session 1: How this book can help
Session 2: So what's your real problem?
Session 3: What is effective writing?
Session 4: Getting started - the brief
Session 5: Sorting the information
Session 6: Putting together a plan
Session 7: writing the first draft - and enjoying it!
Session 8: Rewriting - ask the Big Five Questions
Session 8: Rewriting - sweat the details
Session 10: Getting others to help (not hinder)
Epilogue: Bringing it all together
Part 2: After Sales Service
Part 3: Some points on design
Part 4: Lists for the very keen
1: The list of lists
2: The parts of speech
3. Useful grammatical terms
4. Punctuation
5.Words often misspelled
6. Perilous pairs
7. More perilous pairs
8. Even more perilous pairs (international division)
9. Posh words (and their less pompous equivalents)
10 Clichés
11. Redundant words
12. Lost causes
13: Racist and sexist words you can't print
14: The wonderful world of style
15: Ten sensible principles (and the results of ignoring them)
16. Five to try on your own
17. Quotes to drop
A Boomer Visits America Coast-To-Coast By Greyhound Bus: 1969 And 2019 - Forbes magazine
Slow travel by train: getting there is part of the journey - More Time to Travel
BBC Radio Surrey: to hear my interview with Sarah Gorrell about my USA bus tours, click here
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