Writing is an art and ability and it involves skill, feeling, mood, imagination, and taste.It reflects the mind of writer and reveals his thoughts, opinions, attitudes, feelings, and experiences. To master the art and skill of writing (the essence of communication skills) a set of laws need to go along with:
- Focus is indispensable in any piece of writing. So stay entirely focused and pertinent.
- Opt for your subject matter cautiously and abide by your choices
- Carefully and sensibly expound the accurate and comprehensive information about your area under discussion
- Research your subject competently and perfectly, relying on consistent sources.
- Be appropriate and apt in your format and presentation.
- Cohesion and coherence are a stuff both of content and style. They should support each other. The pour of sentences should be smooth, persuasive stylistically as well as evocatively.
- Let your sentences have unity of thought and structure.
- Be succinct: to the point and clear-cut. Avoid recurrence and padding.
- Best style is the personally effortless and straight style, using short plain sentences rather than compound and multiple ones.
- Seek to write down a few memorable or quotable sentences in your piece of writing. Its impact is prone to be lasting.
- Always indicate, underline or highlight the key words.
- Revision should cover all the imperative facets: knowledge base, data, figures, illustrations, ideas, subject matter, central idea, hypothesis and thesis statement, style, speech, diction, general expression, grammar, syntax, structure, punctuation, development, etc.
To sum up, sound style is the hallmark of good writing. The style will contribute to it, being appealing and informative, legible and memorable. If you wish for the reader to react favourably, be susceptible to his/her sensibilities: views, tastes, preferences, and yet biases. Make an effort to be familiar with him/her well. Only then you will be capable to persuade and convince the person.
