Download writing skills on-line

Tuesday, 28 November, 2000 - 21:00
EVER wanted to produce written documents quicker and more clearly.

Poor writing skills in our society has encouraged a Perth based company Scribe Consulting to create an e-book to help people improve their skills.

Available in download form from www.betterwritingskills.com it addresses the most common problems in most written sources including presentations, capitalisation, abbreviations and punctuation.

Scribe’s consulting principal Tim North says: “Most people have received little or no formal training in the basic principles of presentation or punctuation.

It is not taught in schools as extensively as it should be and the casual nature of e-mail is worsening the problem.”

He said that in business effective writing was crucial to success.

Better Writing Skills is the ultimate resource for people wanting to make their written communications concise, credible, professional and compelling, he says.

It contains more than 200 pages of tips and strategies.

These include how to start a long document, how to make a document easier to read, and when to use hyphens and much more.