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Start–Up Strategies

Your Launch Point

Key Topics Covered in This Chapter

  • Questioning method
  • Traditional outline method
  • Brainstorm outline method
  • Free writing method
  • Scoping your work

SIMPLY GETTING started is one of the hardest parts of writing. It’s often hard to know just where to begin. Call it writer’s block. Call it a lack of inspiration. Whatever you call it, getting stuck at the beginning of a writing task can leave a writer frustrated and sometimes completely unable to communicate a simple business message.

Some people try to get started by clearing off their desks, checking their e-mail, or making a cup of tea—or all three.They hope that by the time these tasks are finished, a light will have gone on and the way forward will be ...

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