8 fiction-writing techniques to energize corporate prose

We asked communicators who are novelists what lessons their creative writing offers in the work world. Here are their thoughts.
By Russell Working | Posted: October 10, 2011
As a reporter who cranks out fiction on the side , I find that creative writing has taught me useful lessons that apply to my day job. But what about corporate communications? Can writers drafting white papers or summarizing benefit plans learn anything from the techniques of fiction? I asked novelists who are also communicators, and most say fiction informs the writing they do in a corporate office. The lessons go the other way, too. “One of the things t read more...

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