We all write. We write emails. We write IMs and cell phone text messages. We write notes. We write up job proposals, contracts, and detailed job specs. We write forum messages and blog comments. But are you a writer? Do you know a metaphor from a simile from a slang expression and how to use each one? Do you know how to use a style manual? Can you write catchy headlines, descriptive brochures, informative newsletter articles, and reader-friendly user manuals? Improving your writing and editing skills is one way to add a little extra punch to your resumé. Writing and editing are requirements of some desktop publishing jobs. If you want to expand your skill set and broaden your job opportunities, learning how to write is one way to do that.
Beyond emails and general business corresponsdence, how much is writing a part of your job description? Write about it in the blog comments.
Jackie… what a big topic for such a brief article.
GD and writing walk hand-in-hand and the best GD’ers are those who either write copy/content or work directly w/a writer on a project. I find it much easier to design around content than in its absence.