Ode to Effective Writing Workshop
(To be sung to the tune of "Clementine")
Oh dear READER
Oh dear READER
I hope you can UNDERSTAND
What it is that I am WRITING
With my tiny little hand.
It's IMPORTANT
To this AUTHOR
What it is I have to SAY
If I WRITE so YOU can READ it
Then WE'RE BETTER OFF that way
Be a LETTER
Or a MESSAGE
Or a MEMO it is TRUE
If I do not WRITE CORRECTLY
Then it's USE-A-LESS to YOU
I must ANSWER
All the QUESTIONS
WHO, SHAT, WHEN, and HOW that's TRUE
WHERE and WHY they're ALL IMPORTANT
If I WANT to WRITE to YOU.
Keep it SHORT and
Keep it SIMPLE
Keep it CLEAR and CONCISE
If YOU CANNOT READ what I WRITE
Then WE BOTH will PAY the PRICE
Oh dear READER
Oh dear READER
I hop you can UNDERSTAND
What it is that I am WRITING
With my tiny little hand.
P.S.
There is POWER
Yes, There's POWER
Yes, There's POWER in the PEN
Put it all RIGHT down on PAPER
EFFECTIVE WRITING's REALLY IN
Copyright Margaret L Massey-Rath, 1 June 1995
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