Justwrite.biz

A SERVICE FOR EMPLOYERS AND MANAGERS

What’s your opinion of the writing ability of the people who work for you? Do you get clear, concise well-written reports or other documents that do the job? Or do you find yourself struggling to extract the meaning from impenetrable prose, or spend precious time correcting and rewriting documents that you have to pass on to others?

If it’s the latter, help is at hand. justwrite offers a bespoke help-with-writing service that can do wonders for the writing skills of your staff.

The service focuses directly on the task in hand. It doesn’t involve sending people away on a course or require them to mug up and be tested on so-called ‘literacy skills’. It swings into action at the point where someone is sitting down, in front of a computer screen or with pen and paper, with an actual writing task to do.

Examples of writing tasks
>  Annual reports
>  Position papers
>  Progress and final reports on projects and investigations
>  Letters to customers
>  Minutes of meetings
>  Instruction leaflets and user manuals

The first stage in producing any written document has nothing to do with literacy. It is, simply, THINKING! I can help anyone to get his or her ideas out on to screen or paper. This ‘rough writing’ helps the thinking process – it stimulates brainstorming if that’s what’s wanted – and provides the foundation for a first draft. In the next stage we build on that foundation, by, for example, taking account of the needs of the people who will read and use the document. Finally we move into the editing-and-design stage, where the emphasis is on good English, clarity of communication, and eye-catching presentation.

The editing-and-design stage concentrates on
>  Using the right words to convey meaning accurately
>  Structuring the document so that it ‘flows’ smoothly
>  Using headings and sub-headings appropriately
>  Getting the grammar and punctuation right
>  Checking that paragraphs are neither too long or too short
>  Using bullet points, tables, charts etc. to maximize clarity
>   Page layout and cover design
>  Preparing a brief summary where needed

HOW DOES IT WORK?

My method of working is, as I said on my Welcome page, client-focused and collaborative.

It’s client-focused, in that it starts from the point that the writer has a job to do. It is entirely geared to getting that job done.

And it’s collaborative, in that I and the writer work together. We communicate via telephone and email, and in complete confidence. (An initial face-to-face meeting is helpful, and usually straightforward to arrange, but not essential.) The writer and the writer’s needs get my individual attention.

If required, I will proof-read the final draft, and raise queries where I think the meaning could be clearer.

Going by past experience, I am confident that not only will the writer produce a document that you’ll be pleased with: he or she will learn how to produce similar documents for themselves, without any help, in the future. Using the justwrite service is an investment that will bring benefits in the future.

GUARANTEE OF CONFIDENTIALITY

I appreciate the need for complete confidentiality in the work I do for you. I treat everything that passes between me and my clients in complete confidence. I do not and will not disclose any information about clients, or any information that would enable a client to be identified.

FOR MORE DETAILS …

You now know something of who I am and how I work. If you would like more information on anything, including fees (reasonable!), please send an email to:
peter.levin [at] justwrite.biz

I’ll be happy to discuss your particular needs with you. If you include your phone number (landline preferred, please) in your email, I’ll be happy to give you a call and we can talk over the phone. There’s no charge for an exploratory discussion, of course.

Peter Levin

‘Helping you get from first thoughts to polished paragraphs’