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Key Points
- If you haven't already, take
a writing class
- Take a creative writing class; it forces effective, vivid writing
- WRITE!!! The more you do it, the better you get.
- Don't be afraid to ask for HELP.
- The only person looking out for either you or your subordinate is YOU!
- Use resources like
Merriam-Webster
- Use a spell checker (F7 in Office)
- Remember, writing doesn't have to win to REWARD!
Misconceptions
- Military Writing is different from Civilian writing. Wrong! Sentence structure,
subject-verb-predicate, remains the same.
- I don't have to write until I am a (fill in a Rank).
Wrong! If you haven't learned by now, most people are lazy! If you can give your supervisor a package, group of accomplishments, etc. the better off you will be.
- Each service branch has a different way to write. Wrong! Writing is writing. Each branch may look for a specific structure, but ultimately it follows
Action-Impact.
- You have to write to win. Wrong! You write to acknowledge, reinforce, and/or reward behavior
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