Your personal plan - Step 1 – Identify readers & Purpose

7 Steps to Better Writing - Charles Maxwell 2020

Your personal plan
Step 1 – Identify readers & Purpose

What documents do you need to write soon? Who will read those documents? What do your readers want or need to hear? How will you satisfy their needs?

On your next writing project, make a list of your readers and their needs. If your list is long and your readers’ needs complex, prepare an attribute table showing the intersections of your readers and their needs. Use this list or table to guide your research and writing.