Key Takeaways: The Writing Process 3: Drafting

Key Takeaways

• • • Understanding the four types of sentences is important to developing well-crafted paragraphs.
    • Use active, passive, and positive language to create a reader-friendly tone in your writing.
    • Paragraphs have three important components: unity, organization, and coherence.
    • Before beginning to draft a document, let your purpose for writing and anticipated audience reaction determine whether to take a direct or indirect approach and choose an appropriate organizing principle to help structure your message.
    • Drafting involves writing consistently in a formal, casual/conversational, or informal style characterized by the “Six Cs”: clarity, conciseness, coherence, correctness, courtesy, and conviction.
    • Make your document easy to follow at a glance and accessible by using a variety of document design features such as titles, headings/subheadings, lists, visual aids, interactive elements, line spacing, and appropriate font types, sizes, and colours.