business writing
Professional workplace communication
Business writing is prose produced in professional contexts—emails, reports, proposals, memos, and similar documents.
The term implies clarity, concision, and purpose over literary flourish.
Good business writing gets to the point: Her business writing is crisp and direct.
The phrase sometimes carries faint criticism, suggesting prose that's competent but artless.
- emailsDigital written messages
- reportsFormal written findings
- clarityState of being understandable
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
follow-up email · call to action · bottom line · proposals · grammar checkers · conciseness · tone · style guides · memos · proofreading · executive summaries · key takeaways · templates · instruction · documentation · word processors · meeting minutes · press releases
- nonfictionbiography, autobiography, biographies, history, memoir
- writingdrafting, authors, author, books, authoring
- business writingemails, memos, reports, letters, proposals
- Freelance Writingcopywriting, ghostwriting, blogging, editing, proofreading
- professional toneformality, clarity, courtesy, tact, diplomacy
- Language Standardsstandard language, prescriptivism, proper grammar, proper usage, correctness
business writingcreative writing
Original literary expression
literary fiction · poetry · fiction writing · imaginative writing · lyric poetry
business writingcasual conversation
Informal spoken exchange
free writing · slang · text messaging · diary entries · personal correspondence
business writingpersonal diary
Private record of thoughts
love letters · autobiographical writing · secret writing · fan fiction · prayer
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