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12. General Writing Skills

  1. Diana Bartlett,
  2. Sylvia Moody,
  3. Katherine Kindersley

Published Online: 16 DEC 2010

DOI: 10.1002/9780470669341.ch12

Book Title

Dyslexia in the Workplace: An Introductory Guide, Second Edition

Dyslexia in the Workplace: An Introductory Guide, Second Edition

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How to Cite

Bartlett, D., Moody, S. and Kindersley, K. (2010) General Writing Skills, in Dyslexia in the Workplace: An Introductory Guide, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470669341.ch12

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 16 DEC 2010
  2. Published Print: 6 AUG 2010

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470683750

Online ISBN: 9780470669341

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Keywords:

  • general writing skills;
  • dyslexic people, abundance of thoughts and ideas - difficulty expressing these in writing;
  • workplace writing - clear, well-structured and easy to understand;
  • brainstorming for ideas - different formats for brainstorming;
  • new ideas, new sections or prongs - skeleton plan, framework of essential ingredients;
  • full plan after brainstorming;
  • information, crushed and confused on a brainstorm plan - making it hard to read;
  • dyslexic people, difficulty in organising their thoughts - clusters of related ideas as they write;
  • ordering and linking ideas - clusters into logical order, forming a coherent progression of ideas;
  • effect on readers - being strong

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Planning for Written Work

  • Tackling the Block

  • The Writing Process

  • Writing Aids

  • Further Reading

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