Guest Blog: Let GAPS Enhance your writing skills
Reasons to Improve Your Writing and Literacy Skills.
Having the confidence to write for public eyes is a learned skill that even the best writers must master. But when you feel that you lack the skill of writing, it is easy for that to get in the way of job prospects and any type of life progression that involves a flair for the written word. It can even impair your ability to achieve fair outcomes in such situations as customer dissatisfaction and undeserved fines. Being able to write persuasively can mean the different between that raise and remaining in your current position, or paying that exorbitant fine that you feel has been unfairly applied.
It is an advantage for you as writer to appeal to the emotions of your reader. This is the roll of the persuasive writer, to be able to persuade your reader by providing arguments that support your case.
It can also increase your understanding of different texts when you understand how you are being written to. Many newspaper articles apply persuasive writing, particularly in commentaries and letters, and without the ability to read these pieces within their proper context, it can be difficult to understand their meaning. In fact, all writing and literacy skills aid in the reading of texts, from newspapers to business briefs, you can improve your communication skills through improving your writing. There are many different ways you can go about this. You could do an extended course, or simply read more books. A popular option is to undertake a short course, online or in class, and there a bunch of organisations to choose from, like GAPS, among others. Just by taking these steps towards improving your literacy and/or writing skills, you will be taking steps forward in your life and career. Communication is a very powerful tool.
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