Survival writing
Subtitle: (how to write letters, resumés, pitches, invoices, emails, articles, reports, and everything else you need to know how to write)
By: Claire Scrivener
Publisher: Cheshire House Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780967507323
Subjects: Rhetoric; Written communication; English language; Creative writing
Description: A practical writing guide offers both technical and strategic advice for readers entering or reentering the job market.
Table of contents: title: Writing is a process (not a leap of faith); title: Words, words, words; title: Editing your prose; title: Tone, rhythm and punctuation; title: Grammar school : the elementary elements; title: Giving credit where it's due (and a footnote about footnotes); title: Getting down to business : strategic writing; title: The business of letters; title: Resumés; title: Pitches, proposals and presentations (and how to protect what you've pitched and proposed); title: Letters of agreement and other kinds of contracts; title: Invoices; title: Emails, memos and miscellanea; title: Writer's block (just too horrible for words).