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LOGO Business WritingPrinciples- A Lecturer: 周晓歌 E-mail: dianezhou@ What’s the importance of writing? What’s the importance of writing Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know, that he doth not. —— Francis Bacon OF STUDIES 读书使人充实，讨论使人机智，笔记（写作）使人准确。因此不常做笔记者须记忆力特强，不常讨论者须天生聪颖，不常读书者须欺世有术，始能无知而显有知。 General Principles of Writing Writing is an art, rather than a science. Too often, we put pressure on ourselves to get it right on the first try, when it is easier to first write a paper as a draft. 2. Brainstorm Write down everything that comes to mind--in any order. 2. Brainstorm Why is it difficult to land jobs for many college graduates today? 3. Outline What is an outline? An outline is a part of the writing process called “Pre-Writing.” It is a list that outlines all of the information that you would like to include in your paper. The list helps you to put all of your information in order before you begin writing. Why Write An Outline? It will help you organize all of the ideas running around your brain! Why Write An Outline? It will allow you to find any gaps in your research or ideas early enough to fix them. Why Write An Outline? It will make writing you essay less stressful because you will KNOW what you have to work with. 3. Outline Develop an outline based on the information in the focus and brainstorm sections above. Your outline should have this general format: I. Main idea(s) A. B. C… II. Relevant/supporting information A. B. C… III. Summary (For now, just indicate that there will be a summary. You will write it later.) IV. Conclusion V. Recommendation(s) 3. Outline Practice writing an outline with the following topic. Topic： It is important to work It is important to work Wo