Writing school training courses in Ann Arbor, MI (public, in-house or online)

This certificate program provides comprehensive instructions for students who wish to sharpen their skills in technical communication. As a fast-track program for career changers or a foundational program for first-time professionals, this program provides the knowledge and skills necessary for writing end-user documentation such as printed manuals and online help systems. The student will develop skill in audience analysis, tutorial, procedure, and reference guide writing; project management, d...

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Writing Children’s Books school covers the following:
The World of Children’s Literature
Beginning the Writing Process
Writing Non-Fiction and Writing for Magazines
Developing a Writing Project Proposal
Creating Characters
Developing Plot
Saying It with Style
Writing the First Draft
Revising and Rewriting:
Editing and Proofreading
Submitting Your Manuscript

This course will build upon a general understanding of good writing and composition. Students will be introduced to internal research memoranda, points, authorities, and the Uniform System of Citation. Students will also be required to develop and demonstrate legal research skills and will become familiar with both law library research and electroinc research tools. These skills will be further added upon and utilized in Advanced Legal Research & Writing.

The ability to write clearly and directly is highly prized in organizations. This course focuses on improving business writing. The ideas, techniques, and checklists in this course apply to all forms of business writing: memos, reports, brochures, proposals, presentations, catalogs, and websites. Other topics include formal and informal outlining techniques, how to revise for wordiness, unnecessary phrases, redundancy, and jargon, and the appropriate use of email in an organizational setting.
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The Financial Report Writing course covers all aspects and features of creating financial reports. You can enhance these reports by adding smart fields and logic to them. The course also guides the user on using reports on the web. The course also covers BI Publisher which provides a new approach to report design and publishing.
Some of the major topics covered in this course are: Using the RDA interface
Setting up custom financial reports
Setting up tabular row reports
Generating...

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