This document discusses professional writing, which is a style of written communication used in workplace environments. Professional writing aims to inform readers and encourage action, instruction, persuasion, or affirmation of shared goals. It has a formal tone and differs from creative writing. Some key aspects of professional writing include preferring the active voice, trimming unnecessary words, reducing jargon, emphasizing important points, using modifiers logically, and employing ethical and inoffensive language. Examples of professional writing include case studies, briefs, reports, manuals, proposals, and contracts in fields like law, science, marketing, retail, entertainment, publishing, and the military.

1. Tasrifa Sultana Hazarika
Student of Apeejay Stya University
2018

2.  Two-way process of reaching mutual understanding,
 communication is a means of connecting people or
places.
 the act of transferring information from one place to
another.

3.  a style of written communication
 used in a workplace environment that allows
professionals (e.g. businesspeople, professors,
doctors, lawyers, e
 This writing method is used to to make informed
decisions.
 It has a formal tone and differs from literary or
artistic form of writting

4.  convey information to readers within a workplace
context. The specific function of professional
writing can be one or a mixture of the following,
 To encourage action
 To instruct
 To persuade
 To inform
 To affirm shared goals

5.  Preferring active voice
 Trimming fat and coherent
 Reducing jargon
 Being emphatic
 Using modifiers
 Logical sequence
 Mastering punctuation
 Using ethical and inoffensive language
 Finding the right tone

6.  Law – case studies, briefs, client correspondence
 Marketing – advertising, market analysis, proposals
 Science and Engineering – journals, technical data,
manuals
 Retail – inventory reports, damage reports, data sheets,
manuals, labels
 Entertainment – proposals, contracts, reviews, books
 Publishing – web content, proposals, contracts, book
editing
 Military – operational reporting, orders production,
policy or decision briefs, doctrine
 writing a professional career overview