HBR Guide to Better Business Writing

Written by Bryan A. Garner

Narrated by Jonathan Yen

DON'T LET YOUR WRITING HOLD YOU BACK.

When you're fumbling for words and pressed for time, you might be tempted to dismiss good business writing as a luxury. But it's a skill you must cultivate to succeed: You'll lose time, money, and influence if your e-mails, proposals, and other important documents fail to win people over.

The HBR Guide to Better Business Writing, by writing expert Bryan A. Garner, gives you the tools you need to express your ideas clearly and persuasively so clients, colleagues, stakeholders, and partners will get behind them. This book will help you: push past writer's block; grab-and keep-readers' attention; earn credibility with tough audiences; trim the fat from your writing; strike the right tone; and brush up on grammar, punctuation, and usage.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ascent Audio
• Release date: Nov 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9781663723062

Bryan A. Garner

Bryan A. Garner, editor in chief of Black’s Law Dictionary, is the author of more than twenty books, including The Law of Judicial Precedent; Garner’s Modern English Usage; The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation; Quack This Way: David Foster Wallace and Bryan A. Garner Talk Language and Writing; and The Rules of Golf in Plain English. Counting Black’s Law Dictionary and his other books, Garner is among the world’s most widely cited legal scholars and has been cited by every appellate court, state and federal, in the country. He writes a syndicated column for the American Bar Association, which reaches over one million lawyers per month. He cowrote two books with Justice Scalia: Making Your Case (2008) and Reading Law (2012).

Reviews for HBR Guide to Better Business Writing

[trile1000 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Simple, direct, and concise read on how to improve your business writing. Chapters are brief and compact with useful recaps. The author starts with a section on how to focus and start writing. Afterwards he discusses ways to develop your writing skills and further elaborates briefly on what to avoid when writing. He ends the book with suggested approaches on common forms of business writing (e-mails, memos, reports, etc.). There are helpful appendices about useful grammar and punctual rules along with a primer of good usage. Very helpful and quick book.