how to become a pro in writing: a step-by-step guide.pptx

this is a step - by- step guide to individuals who feel they are weak in writing skills, especially academic and professional writing like production of business letters, memos, concept notes, minutes, contracts, memoranda of understanding, research papers, and much more.
it starts by constructing complete and grammatically correct sentences, constructing perfect topic sentences, then building great paragraphs, essays, and finally full professional documents.
the course is ideal for a lower intermediate English user and above, who are self-starters and committed to conduct as much practical exercises as possible, to maximize chances to attain the expected dexterity.

1. Becoming a Pro in Writing YOUR JOURNEY TO WRITING EVERYTING YOU NEED AT YOUR PACE

2. Introduction _ Writing in general Writing is an art The length of content on paper/screen is not enough to be called a real writing Frequent looks at professional writings and practices make one pro as well Learning by critiques, editing or reviewing others’ works also works

3. Let’s play with this! This is an ill-arranged narrative story If one asked you to put it in order, what would be your guiding rules? Now that it’s in perfect order, let’s stop a bit to analyze its components and what the overall looks like! What are the other types of writings did you see/ever need to make? Let’s make sentences of our own about anything!

4. Beyond one sentence! Paragraph, where every writing starts

5. Topic 1 Topic 1: The pro way to make excellent paragraphs! Following the pattern of any of the examples given, create something of your own here! Make sure it talks about only 1 idea!

6. Let’s have some critique over other works Is this paragraph really good as its title says? If Yes, why? If No, Why? What are your comments? Let’s examine some works of ours. How are they? What should they be like instead?

7. Essay for everyone! easy ways to make essays of your own

8. Topic 1 Topic 2: The pro way to make excellent essays! Following the pattern of any of the examples given, create something of your own here!

9. To sum it all _ SECTION 1 First bullet point here Second bullet point here Third bullet point here

10. Think you became pro already? No, not yet! You also need this couple of tips

11. 12 Tips for perfect pro writings! beyond what any writer can do!

12. Tip 1 _ Opt for Active Voice over the passive: Funny Example of a Nursery Song Sung in Active voice There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children, she didn't know what to do. She gave them some broth, without any bread, Whipped them all soundly, and sent them to bed. Sung in passive voice A shoe was lived in by an old woman there was. What to do was not known, so many children were had by her. Some broth without bread was given to them, They were all whipped soundly and sent to their beds by her. Have you noticed the awkward part of it as I did? This is exactly what it sounds even with other pieces of writing like stories, narratives, etc.

13. Opt for Active Voice over the passive The active voice is simpler and more direct for English sentences than its passive counterpart (Compare “Bob surfs the Internet” to “The internet is surfed by Bob”) We read active voice sentences more quickly than the passive not simply because they are shorter, but also because our brains integrate the information more readily in the actor/action/object format (cause and effect relationship). So my tendency when addressing to my children will be “Wash your feet now!” instead of “Your feet must now be washed by you.”

14. Active Voice Vs Passive Voice in Writing However, the passive form can still be preferred under reasons such as: Common journalistic style/Writing format (The dying woman was abandoned by the senator from Massachusetts Vs The senator from Massachusetts abandoned the dying woman). Scientists and businessmen style who have been convinced that passive constructions sound more dignified, scientific, or “professional.” (The printouts were checked; A stock was bought/sold out). The impersonalization style where individuals are trying to avoid using indefinite personal pronouns (“I,” “We,” They,Someone , People etc.) E.g. “This boutique was robbed” instead of “Someone robbed this boutique”. The same style can also be referred to when individuals are trying to hide responsibility (by not identifying agents of certain actions)

15. Tip 2 _ Opt for verbs over phrasal verbs/nouns: Consider as you compare the following sentences nominalization Researchers conducted an investigation into the problem. There was a review of the proposal and a ruling by the committee, but no explanation was offered for their decision. Trimmed to direct verbs Researchers investigated the problem. The committee reviewed and ruled on the proposal but did not explain its decision. Did you find the part on the left tiring and brain-draining as I did? This is exactly how it makes it difficult and less interesting to read when you prefer nominalization over direct verbs!

16. Opt for Verb form over Nominalization Denominalizing and switching from passive to active voice work together to create more concise, direct, vigorous, and easily readable sentences. By this process, think of it as "un-nouning" a noun by converting it to its verbal form. Like passives, nominalizations are sometimes appropriate, but scientists, engineers, and other professionals tend to overuse them. Unless you need a nominalization to make a transition or for some other legitimate reason, switch it to verb form . The switch will improve your style.

17. Tip 3 _ Unknot Adjective-Noun Strings Stringed adj-noun forms Our employee compensation level evaluation procedures have now been elaborated! Can you send me any sample of the military trainee firing range regulations orientation manual? Unknotted forms We have now elaborated procedures for evaluating the compensation level of our employees. Can you send me any sample of the manual for orienting trainees to the regulations of a military firing range Let’s tell the truth! How many times did you pop over the noun strings on the left to grasp what they are trying to mean? For me its many times for real. Frankly speaking, it stacks up in an effort to decipher the intended meaning.

18. Unknot Adjective-Noun Strings These strings are common in science, technology, industry, and government. But that doesn't make them a good and professional style. They may sound impressive, but they are hard to decipher The fundamental technique for unraveling adjective-noun strings is to read them backwards and break them into smaller modifying units, using prepositional phrases and sometime entire clauses (See ‘employee compensation level evaluation procedures’ Vs ‘procedures for evaluating the compensation level of employees’) However, using this reversal technique doesn't mean that you always reverse the exact word order represented in the adjective-noun string. Still, for many adjective-noun strings, a straight back-to-front flip (peppered with a few prepositions and articles) is all that's needed: (Study ‘building radon source location method Vs The method for locating the source of radon in buildings’) Another technique for unraveling adjective-noun strings is to hyphenate chunks in the strings to show better modification: "Oil bearing shale deposits" becomes "oil-bearing shale deposits," lest your reader think you mean: "oil that bears shale deposits." You know, there's a big difference between a man-eating shark and a man eating shark.

19. Unknot Adjective-Noun Strings In the previous four units, it was urged to be economic in words so as to make sentences easier to read and information easier to assimilate and remember. But with unraveling adjective-noun strings, the task of making sentences easier to read happens to increase sentence length a little. Don't worry about that. Your goal as a communicator should be to supply the reader's needs, and/or accomplish your persuasive purpose, while exhausting a minimum of the reader's mental energy. Adjective-noun strings exhaust so much of the reader's mental energy because such strings pack nouns and modifiers together like figs and nuts, without doing enough to show us the relationship between the parts; consequently, they leave the reader to do the work of unpacking and sorting. The other good reason to break up long adjective-noun strings is that they are often ambiguous, as we saw in the example of "man eating shark" and "oil bearing shale.“ E.g. New motorcycle motor durability equipment tests are being performed by engineers. This could mean: Engineers are using new equipment to test the durability of motorcycle motors, or: Engineers are performing new tests on the equipment that makes motorcycle motors durable, or: Engineers are performing tests on the equipment that checks the durability of new motorcycle motors, -- or several other things. Often, if you are editing (or simply reading) the prose of another professional who is prone to express himself in adjective-noun strings, you will have to ask for clarification.

20. Tip 4 _ Make necessary trims on fatty structures Fatty Due to the fact that the compressor ceased functioning prior to our completion of the work project , we informed the contracting party at that point in time that unless he agreed to convey a functioning compressor to our job site free of additional charge or cost to us, our contract with him would be rendered null and void. Trimmed fat Since the compressor broke down before we finished the job , we told the contractor to bring us another one, at no extra cost , or we'd cancel our contract with him. Have you noticed the awkward part of it as I did? This is exactly what it sounds even with other pieces of writing like stories, narratives, etc.

21. Make necessary trims on fatty structures You should understand by “fatty structures” all those inflated phrases and unnecessary words that clog professional writing. Get it really as something “bad” and “undesired” for the relevance of the context and understanding. Fatty phrases and words fall into three primary categories: Unnecessarily long or fancy words (Fatty Words) Unnecessary prepositional phrases (Fatty Phrases) Unnecessary repetitions (Pure Fat)

22. Tip 5 _ Using Modifiers Fatty Trimmed fat Have you noticed the awkward part of it as I did? This is exactly what it sounds even with other pieces of writing like stories, narratives, etc.

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