Comments on: Four Quick Steps to Improve Your Writing http://www.leadershipturn.com/four-quick-steps-to-improve-your-writing/ Articles, tips, and resources about leadership. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:44:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Miki Saxon http://www.leadershipturn.com/four-quick-steps-to-improve-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-1160 Miki Saxon Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:11:01 +0000 http://www.leadershipturn.com/four-quick-steps-to-improve-your-writing/#comment-1160 Terry, Thanks for stopping by. You're right, it's the same technique that's used on "serious" presentations and most other "important" efforts. Terry, Thanks for stopping by. You’re right, it’s the same technique that’s used on “serious” presentations and most other “important” efforts.

]]> By: Terry Finley http://www.leadershipturn.com/four-quick-steps-to-improve-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-1144 Terry Finley Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:44:05 +0000 http://www.leadershipturn.com/four-quick-steps-to-improve-your-writing/#comment-1144 That advice goes pretty well across the board. That advice goes pretty
well across the board.

]]> By: Women’s Words Weekly - April 6-12, 2008 at Women On Business http://www.leadershipturn.com/four-quick-steps-to-improve-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-952 Women’s Words Weekly - April 6-12, 2008 at Women On Business Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:12:02 +0000 http://www.leadershipturn.com/four-quick-steps-to-improve-your-writing/#comment-952 [...] Saxon of Leadership Turn gives us Four Quick Steps to Improve Your Writing - great for anyone who struggles with [...] [...] Saxon of Leadership Turn gives us Four Quick Steps to Improve Your Writing – great for anyone who struggles with [...]

]]> By: Miki Saxon http://www.leadershipturn.com/four-quick-steps-to-improve-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-717 Miki Saxon Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:27:02 +0000 http://www.leadershipturn.com/four-quick-steps-to-improve-your-writing/#comment-717 But, Tom, people are just too busy; it's difficult to proof, let alone think, when you're multitasking; it's just an email and who actually read these days, most people just scan, etc., etc. Most of all, you must remember that they are important and don't have time for this piddling little stuff and people such as you and Jean and I are just nit picking:-) But, Tom, people are just too busy; it’s difficult to proof, let alone think, when you’re multitasking; it’s just an email and who actually read these days, most people just scan, etc., etc. Most of all, you must remember that they are important and don’t have time for this piddling little stuff and people such as you and Jean and I are just nit picking:-)

]]> By: Tom Magness http://www.leadershipturn.com/four-quick-steps-to-improve-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-804 Tom Magness Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:53:19 +0000 http://www.leadershipturn.com/four-quick-steps-to-improve-your-writing/#comment-804 Miki I totally concur with this approach. I have been teaching this method to my kids when they have a writing assignment. Let it flow...take a break...come back and make corrections, edit, move paragraphs around, etc. It truly works. What would be really helpful in the workplace is since most of our writing these days is by email, people would use a condensed version of these rules for everything they write. How many emails do we receive that contain typos, misspellings, and poor grammar? If people would slow down just a little...write the draft version, reread what they wrote and make corrections, and even put really important emails on the shelf and come back later to see if they still make sense (or really even need to be sent!), we might really start to see writing skills take off! I am convinced that some people never proofread what they write before they push "send." This does not do them any favors! Great post! (P.S. I found two typos in my reread of these comments before I hit "submit!") Miki

I totally concur with this approach. I have been teaching this method to my kids when they have a writing assignment. Let it flow…take a break…come back and make corrections, edit, move paragraphs around, etc. It truly works.

What would be really helpful in the workplace is since most of our writing these days is by email, people would use a condensed version of these rules for everything they write. How many emails do we receive that contain typos, misspellings, and poor grammar? If people would slow down just a little…write the draft version, reread what they wrote and make corrections, and even put really important emails on the shelf and come back later to see if they still make sense (or really even need to be sent!), we might really start to see writing skills take off! I am convinced that some people never proofread what they write before they push “send.” This does not do them any favors!

Great post!

(P.S. I found two typos in my reread of these comments before I hit “submit!”)

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