{"id":75,"date":"2022-12-30T14:16:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T19:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cncplainlanguageanddesign\/?post_type=part&p=75"},"modified":"2023-05-24T16:59:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T20:59:09","slug":"chapter-2-plan-before-you-start-writing","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cncplainlanguageanddesign\/part\/chapter-2-plan-before-you-start-writing\/","title":{"raw":"2. Plan before you start writing","rendered":"2. Plan before you start writing"},"content":{"raw":"<\/code>The point of plain writing is to put the reader first.<\/em><\/span><\/strong> That is the reason you are writing\u2014to communicate information to someone.\r\n\r\nYou need to figure out --\r\n
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  1. what the reader needs<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. what information is essential, and<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. how to organize it so it is most useful to the reader.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_77\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"473\"]\"You Figure 3. You need to figure out[\/caption]\r\n\r\nWith a reader-centred approach, it is important that you think about your audience before you start writing. Planning does take time, but it will save you time later.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"7\"]","rendered":"

    <\/code>The point of plain writing is to put the reader first.<\/em><\/span><\/strong> That is the reason you are writing\u2014to communicate information to someone.<\/p>\n

    You need to figure out —<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. what the reader needs<\/li>\n
    2. what information is essential, and<\/li>\n
    3. how to organize it so it is most useful to the reader.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      \"You
      Figure 3. You need to figure out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

      With a reader-centred approach, it is important that you think about your audience before you start writing. Planning does take time, but it will save you time later.<\/p>\n

       <\/p>\n

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