6. Ability to write so as to
advance immediate and long-term objectives.
Deficiencies in skills 1-5 jeopardize the immediate and long-term
objectives you wish to achieve through your writing. You also must be able
to vary and control your writing according to the evolving context,
atmosphere or interaction. Suppose, for example, that your plans are not
working as expected: a client complains to your supervisor about your
letter, an agency continues to balk at your requests, an opposing brief
contains pejorative remarks. Or suppose that your plans are working much
better than expected. In all these situations, you must be able to adjust
your writing and any number of its elements to the situation to achieve
your goals.
Indicators:
• All elements of writing advance immediate and long-term objectives,
e.g., vocabulary, grammar, tone, format, style.
• Strategic decisions about what to include or not include advance your
objectives.
• All implicit and explicit objectives are embodied in the writing.
• No messages are conveyed that work at cross-purposes with objectives
• Unintended messages are not conveyed; e.g., words and phrases that imply
that you're open to settling a case when you're not. |
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