The focus of this weeks readings leans towards various
grammatical rules and composing professional business messages. The purpose for
writing or composing a professional message is to inform in some manner or
persuade the recipient. The chapter gave an insightful ideal about OABC
(opening, agenda, body, closing) which then describes each in detail to help
better express the ideas and persuasions you are trying to articulate. Usually
my weakest part of a letter is the opening which I focused on when discussed
within the chapter. It gave small bullet points to help drive the ideas home;
“background information about the topic, justification or reason for the text,
statement of authorization indicating who ordered or authorized the writing,
and an attention getter or hook”. If this is prepared properly the readers mind
will then be ready to receive what the body of your message is. This will then
lead into a proper agenda, which can quantify, identify, organize, or
symbolize. This then would lead into the body of the message which includes the
4 Cs: clear, correct, complete, and compelling. After using your informative
and persuasive messages, you close with a summary and conclusion. Overall, I
found this to be extremely helpful in directing my thoughts when writing a
business message. As you probably can tell I am not the best writer and having
a guideline that helps define each point in the message really helps to
organize my thoughts into more consistent ways of expression.
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