Good Writing: Irony

[Candid]

One of my personal education topics this year is productivity, trying to do more and better with less time.

 

So last night I'm read a good blog post on writing emails in the business world.

 

The irony is that big point of what he says flies in the face of much of what I'm teaching my kids about writing papers. For instance, I'll teach them to start with a catchy first line or two to draw the reader in. But this fellow says:

 

Get the details and context packed into that first sentence or two whenever you can. Don't be afraid to write an actual “topic sentence†that clarifies a) what this is about, and b) what response or action you require of the recipient.

 

I suppose what he's really suggesting is that email is more like a news story than an argumentative essay.

 

I thought I would share since I found this amusing.