email writing

Crafting electronic messages

Email writing is the skill or practice of composing electronic messages, particularly in professional contexts where tone, clarity, and brevity matter.

The term often appears in discussions of workplace communication: She took a course on email writing, His email writing is too formal for internal messages.

Good email writing balances efficiency with appropriate warmth—getting to the point without seeming curt.

Related

send · reply · forward · attachment · signature · recipient · CC · BCC · greeting · closing · kind regards · tone · professional · best practices · urgent · typo · proofread · outbox

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Opposites
communication medium

email writingphone call

Remote voice conversation

voice call · video call · verbal communication · oral communication · speaking

synchronicity

email writingreal-time communication

Interaction without transmission delay

phone call · video conferencing · instant messaging · live chat

formality and deliberation

email writingspontaneous speech

Unrehearsed verbal expression

casual chat · watercooler talk · small talk · shooting the breeze · blurting out

Family

email, writing, write, writes, written, writer, writers, rewrite, rewrites

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G