Book Title: Say It Well: Writing for Real-World Communication
Book Description: Say It Well: Writing for Real-World Communication is a foundational textbook designed for first-year college students. It introduces essential writing skills that support academic success and prepare students for professional communication. The book begins with an overview of writing as a process and progresses through key topics including word choice, drafting strategies, punctuation, grammar, formatting, and structure. Each chapter offers practical guidance, examples, and exercises to help students write with clarity, precision, and purpose. By focusing on core writing competencies, this text empowers students to become proficient communicators in both academic and workplace settings.
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This book is a cloned version of Writing For Success by Delta College, published using Pressbooks under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license. It may differ from the original.
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Say It Well: Writing for Real-World Communication Copyright © 2025 by Claire H. Boor; Dorothy Conner; Kacy McAllister; and Brandi Quesenberry is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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Say It Well: Writing for Real-World Communication Copyright © 2025 by Claire H. Boor; Dorothy Conner; Kacy McAllister; and Brandi Quesenberry is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
This version of Writing for Success is adapted from a work produced and distributed under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA) by the University of Minnesota. This version has been altered or updated the original 2011 text. This work is made available under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.