Performance Reviews: Focus on Results to Get Results

We love concise prose at Write It Well, but performance reviews are one kind of document where you can’t skimp on the details. Here’s an example. It shows how you can go beyond merely describing a task by explaining the results of a job well done: Before: “Going forward, Fred needs to create presentations with more pictures and fewer words

September Newsletter

September newsletter

Free Webinar – Dos and Don’ts for Performance Reviews

Get ready to write your reviews!  Join us on Wednesday, September 22nd at 11am PDT for a 45 minute session (including Q&A).  Natasha Terk, President of Write It Well, will walk us through the things we need to do — and things we should not do — when writing performance documentation. This fast moving session will make the process go faster and be more valuable for your direct reports

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Semicolons and the Art of the Magazine

Correctly used semicolons signal that you know English well and want to help your readers follow the logic of your sentences. Here’s an illustration. It’s from an excellent writer’s interview with the editor of a magazine that had just been redesigned: “Joe and I both loved the old New Republic,” [editor Franklin Foer] says