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Terry’s discomfort is shared by people all over the country, in offices, on assembly lines, at sales desks. Maybe you share it. Or you feel a similar discomfort when you write at work.

Usually the people who worry about their business writing have a good reason. If it is unclear to the writer, it cannot possibly be clear to the reader. Most people, faced with anxiety over their writing, fall back on grammar and punctuation checks. They recall a vague writing tip or two to see if they apply. Sometimes they consult lists of “words not to use” and “words to use.” Or they once again read their favorite novelist or magazine writer to see how published writers do it.

These common responses, however, do not solve the problem of Terry’s sense of discomfort because they do not focus on the real problem. Writing is not something people do on paper. It is much more. It is observing. It is talking over ideas with others. It is defining yourself. It is expressing. Only one stage of writing gets done at the keyboard or on the memo pad. People who sit down to write without doing the necessary preparation or without knowing what happens after they send off their document will always experience the discomfort Terry feels.

It does not have to be that way.