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• IS IT CLEAR?

• HOW TO TOP AND TAIL

• PARAGRAPHS

• LAYOUT

• TITLES

This is the manner in which you, as an individual, express your thoughts. There is quite a lot of confusion about the definition and meaning of writing style. Don’t get too weighed down by all this but simply try to bear in mind that if you really know what you want to say then your style should select itself.

Extensive reading of good literature will always improve your own writing skills, even if this merely helps to increase your vocabulary, but, however much you read, the first rule of good style is always the same: be clear, simple and straightforward. If you are clear about your message, everything else will follow.

• Always decide what you want to say before you start writing.

• Ask yourself what your letter is about.

• At the end of every paragraph, ask yourself what you are trying to say.

• Always read your letter out loud so that you hear how it might sound to the recipient.

• Check whether it sounds natural.

• Decide whether it conveys your meaning.