Amazon Category:  Reference Publisher: Ten Speed Press ISBN-10:  1580080014 Type: Non-Fiction Pages: 333 Copyright: Feb 1 1999 A complete guide to writing everything from the personal thank-you note, to the press release and resume. There are over 250 samples here to remind you how those communications should appear, too. Quick-reference lists of the rules for each kind of communication, plus grammar and punctuation will give you an answer in an instant; and an appendix on bias-free language for the new millennium will help you avoid an embarrassing mistake. This complete guide begins with thinking through the writing process before you start in Chapter 1, and then covers Social writing. Next is the section of every kind of Job-Search communication including the resume and networking letter. Business and Employment communications are followed by Proposals and Reports, then Inquires, Requests, and Responses. Problems; Orders, Credit, and Collections; and then Sales letters follow. Public Relations written communications includes everything the professionals know; and Electronic Communications will equip you to know and use the netiequette rules wisely. Visit sandralamb.com for more. Excerpt Introduction: This book will help take the fear out of any writing project and help you save time and prune your communications down to their essential, effective best. It will help you check what you've written and eliminate lethal, stilted prose. And, as you continue to use it, How to Write It will help you develop the skills of clear, powerful writing.

Communications, Library Journal
In this useful book, Lamb covers writing everything from resumes to sympathy letters. Her examples are good, and the how-to advice is mainly right on the mark....

BizScene, Letter Perfect
The last thing you wrote was a term paper for Enlish 101...but that was three years ago, and your roommate helped you. Now you're staring at a blank scren, trying to craft a cover letter that will convince a potential client to hire you. No ideas? No sweat: Just grab your trusty copy of How to Write It A Complete Guide to Everything You'll Ever Write by Sandra E. Lamb.

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Part etiquette adviser and part good-business guru... by Jane Steinberg