professional writing
Work-related composition craft
Professional writing is writing produced in workplace or business contexts, distinguished from creative or academic writing by its emphasis on clarity, efficiency, and practical purpose.
It encompasses reports, proposals, emails, technical documentation, and corporate communications.
The goal is conveying information or persuading readers without calling attention to the prose itself: Her professional writing skills helped her advance quickly.
The term also describes writing done for pay, as opposed to amateur work.
- emailsDigital written messages
- white papersAuthoritative reports on issues
- business lettersFormal professional written communications
- advertisementsPaid public notices promoting something
- user manualsDocumentation explaining product operation
case studies · dissertations · executive summaries · pitch deck · grant proposals · memos · corporate communications · cover letter · press releases · thought leadership · journal articles · style guide · copy editing · technical reports · policy documents · tone of voice · taglines · literature reviews
- business booksbusiness ethics, business models, business plans, corporate strategy, corporate culture
- literacy topicsliteracy, literacy rate, literacy education, reading, written language
professional writingpersonal journal
Private written record
stream of consciousness · freewriting · morning pages · personal correspondence · text messaging
professional writingrough drafts
text messaging · chat messages · scribbles · stream of consciousness