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This course on Writing for Empowerment is made up of four classes: Introduction, Critical Consciousness, Competitive Intelligence and Conclusion. Each class has twelve contiguous lessons with a combination of pre-class assignments, class tutorials, production tools, design resources and a post class assignment. The links on the left will take you through different courses inside of the Institute environment. The links above take you through Eworkstyle services. The links on the bar just below the photo on the left will take you to the resources to be used for this course. The links below the bar on the right will take you through next and previous classes within one course and the links just to the right of this text will take you through tools and resources outside of this classroom environment.

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INTRODUCTION

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

For every type of writer there is a different style of getting the writing done. Most writers however, build a set of methods for completing the work of explaining details and telling stories. This text will share the best practice of professional writers in addition to insights of our own. While the areas of writing may nearly endless, the following are the primary experts from which we draw our approaches for best practices. Deadline writers such as those who work for broadcast and print media, because they must produce results by daily, weekly or monthly deadlines. Creative writers, such as those who work on books of various kinds and may have several months to complete one story. Industry and technical writers which range from “how to” do/use or assemble things and explaining data trends to self-help manuals. And of course, business and professional writers such as those who write ongoing introductions, reports, blogs, press kits, proposals and other kinds of communications required for everything to enter and compete in trade. That said, most 1 page documents are written in a more personal way e.g. essays, biographic statements, affidavits, letters, empathy notes and more.

Because writing has grown in breadth and evolved with mediums and pace and changed with the times, need and wants of most, the rules have also changed. For instance dictation, research and archiving tools from pencil, pen, typewriters and word processors to computers and the web; from 3 inch hardbound dictionaries and thesauruses to digitally global archives; and sources of information once primarily from libraries and phone books followed up by phone calls and interviews can be preceded (and too often eliminated), via internet research and social media as well as local, regional, and world-wide networks. The resources at your fingertips are almost endless and always evolving. All of these things have made writing both easier and more complicated. Easier access to everything possible also makes it diametrically harder and more complex to sort through truths and various versions of the truth. Ease is a freedom on the web that allows for unlimited learning and showcasing, however because there are so many unchecked standards for learning and showcasing, versions of a “truth” can have anywhere from 1% fact to 100% facts. What hasn’t changed, that is equally important to the act of writing is the values, accuracy and research needed to convey any and every story – even a 1 page point of view. Values are the primary commodity that builds integrity and will come across compatibly to those how those who read what you write.

	Class 1; Introduction: opens the subject of the class by sharing perspectives to consider and respond to in several ways.
	Class 2; Crictical Consciousness: requires your Intelligence, self-awareness & fortitude to create next steps toward developing yourself.
	Class 3; Competitive Intelligence: grows your skills, talents, experience & critical thinking into viable, useful solutions to work with others.
	Class 4; Conclusion: creates next steps toward developing and idea, project or venture framework and strategic plan.

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Writing is not only a form of self expression, it is the method you can use to really get into your own mind and heart to discover what you've forgotten and polish what you want to say. Yes, writing is voice and self-expression, but more importantly it is the way in which you can really make the time to work through what it is you think and belive. The act of putting your thoughs down on paper is also to draw on your innermost trust and beliefs in yourself to define for yourself not only flashes of insight but to edit them and really drill down to what you want to express can only come through writing.

Reflective practice is writing succinctly put, and concientios expression whether shared or not. With so much news, advertising, music, TV, movies, gaming, traffic and constant business in the world writing is the way you can turn it all off and just listen to your own mind, your own voice, your own heart and soul.

Writing for media will begin with immersion of exercises that get you to write for a variety of lesson from brainstorming to editing for punctuation. The lessons in this course are not based on English style teachings, but on writing for media. Writing for media is short, expressive and over quickly. Writing for media is getting what you want to say out in 1, 3 and 5 seconds. Writing for media allows you to come to the point and sell your ideas before the reader is bored. Writing for media is based on writing one page documents for a wide variety of professional situations.

Writing for media isn’t easy, among other things it requires viewing things differently than others and recording them as you see them. However, challenging yourself to excel in this area means to rewarding your self-esteem and ego with the satisfaction of accomplishing something tough, to the best of your ability. Writing for media is fun as it requires subjects of your origin, your interest and your expertise.

Writing is different for everyone. Some people throw around words as though they carry no impact or meaning. Others craft every word, using no extras to compicate a thought. When you first start writing you’ll probably find yourself somewhere in between.

Writing for media was put together to teach you a series of enjoyable and effective best practices in writing, completing and editing your thoughts. The lessons are designed so that you can try them, take them apart and tweak them until they become your best practices. Writing for media teaches you to communicate your voice with your own style. Feel free to use this time to write the way you truly feel: speak out, pursuade, lecture, teach, tell jokes, enlighten, sell, convey, correct, inspire, entertain, empower - but most of all write and practice editing to find and communicate your voice.