6.4 Identifying Areas for Personal Improvement (LO6.1, LO6.2)

Identify three writing principles from this chapter that you most need to work on. For each principle, write a paragraph about why you want to improve in this area and how you will go about doing it.

Choose from the following writing principles: be specific; be accurate; control paragraph length; use short sentences in most cases;

avoid redundancy; avoid empty phrases; avoid wordy phrases; use action verbs when possible; use active voice; use short and familiar words and phrases; use parallel language; avoid buzzwords and figures of speech; avoid it is and there are; use headings; apply formatting to key words and phrases; use bulleted and numbered lists; use white space generously