Sport England Guide - How to write in plain English - VicSport

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1. Plan what you’re going to writeRather than start typing straight away, use a blank sheet of paper tocapture key ideas which can then be worked up into sentences.What are you trying to say? Write your first sentence at the very topof the page and never lose sight of that. This is the sentence that has tocapture your audience.Who are you writing to? Be careful with jargonistic language, keep thingssimple, clear and concise.How much space or time have you got to make your point? Research saysthat people make a decision about whether or not they want to finishreading an article or watching a news bulletin in the first eight seconds, sothey are critical to encouraging people to continue.Next: Step 2 – Outline key messages
2. Outline key messagesWrite four or five bullet points about the key things you want to get across inthe piece of writing. If there were four messages you wanted your reader towalk away with what would they be?Next: Step 3 – Start writing
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