From the course: Writing a Proposal
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Being concise
- Certainly your proposal needs to be complete. But that doesn't mean that the more pages you fill the more complete it is. In fact, less may be even better. Why? Think how you might react if you were the one having to read multiple proposals. They're either in paper form on your desk or you open up the electronic file. Either way, one of the first things you might do is thumb through or scroll down to see how many pages you're going to have to read, and you'll choose the longest proposal to read first, right? Not if you're like I am. I'll choose the shortest one first. Why? Because reading long documents of any type can be overwhelming and painful. i wanna know in as simple, direct, concise, understandable writing as possible. The key things I'm looking for: You may have heard the expression 'cut to the chase.' An expression that originated in early silent films, meaning get to the point without wasting time. That's exactly what successful proposal writers do: Get to the point…
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