CONTENIDO: INTRODUCTION: DECIDING WHERE TO BEGIN
Establishing your constraints
Selecting your stylistic tools
STRUCTURE: ORGANIZING YOUR DOCUMENTS
Beginnings of Documents
Middles of Documents
Endings of Documents
STRUCTURE: PROVIDING TRANSITION, DEPTH, AND EMPHASIS
Transitions between Details
Depth of Details
Emphasis of Details
LANGUAGE: BEING PRECISE
Choosing the Right Word
Choosing the Right Level of Detail
LANGUAGE: BEING CLEAR
Avoiding Needless Complexity
Avoiding Ambiguity
LANGUAGE: BEING FORTHRIGHT
Controlling Tone
Choosing Strong Nouns and Verbs
LANGUAGE: BEING FAMILIAR
Avoiding Unfamiliar Terms
Defining Unfamiliar Terms
Incorporating Examples and Analogies
LANGUAGE: BEING CONCISE
Eliminating Redundancies
Eliminating Writing Zeroes
Reducing Sentences to Simplest Forms
Eliminating Bureaucratic Waste
LANGUAGE: BEING FLUID
Varying Sentence Rhythms
Eliminating Discontinuities
ILLUSTRATION: MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICES
Choosing Tables
Choosing Figures
ILLUSTRATION: CREATING THE BEST DESIGNS
Being Precise
Being Clear
Being Fluid
Being Familiar
WRITING CORRESPONDENCE
Constraints of Correspondence
Style of Correspondence
WRITING PROPOSALS
Constraints of Proposals
Style of Proposals
WRITING INSTRUCTIONS
Constraints of Instructions
Style of Instructions
PREPARING PRESENTATIONS
Constraints of Presentations
Style of Presentations
FORMAT: DRESSING DOCUMENTS FOR SUCCESS
Typography of Documents
Layout of Documents
ACTUALLY SITTING DOWN TO WRITE
Getting in the Mood
Writing the First Draft
Revising, Revising, Revising
Finishing
Appendix A: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Grammar and Punctuation
Appendix B: A Usage Guide for Scientists and Engineers
Glossary
Index
