Write Complex Documents

Write complex documents

BSBWRT401

Assessment 1

PAMS analysis: The first step in analyzing a writing task and planning complex documents is to identify all the elements of a writing task that need to be considered and planned for. The acronym PAMS (that stands for purpose, audience, message and style) is a useful memory aid.

Purpose:

When planning to write a document, we should begin by asking yourself a few preparatory questions. Why am I writing this document? What does my organisation aim to achieve by my writing it?

Audience:

Because the purpose refers to what the document sets out to achieve with respect to a particular audience of readers, consideration of the readers and their concerns is vital.

Message:

The message is the information we want to convey to your audience. Information should be organised and coherent. If the audience shakes their head after reading a document we have written and says, ‘What was that all about?’ or ‘I don’t get it’ then your message is not clear.

Style:

The style of a business document can be largely dictated by the format which it is written and accepted conventions, legal requirements, the level of formality or informality required, and requirements of the organization or the specific writing task.

Brainstorming activities: Brainstorming is an idea association and thinking activity that writers use to produce a compilation of ideas around a certain (focused) topic or theme. It can be performed as a personal exercise or conducted in a group or team situation.

We begin the brainstorming process by writing the subject or topic of enquiry in the centre of a piece of paper, and then use words, symbols, colours, graphics etc. to record other ideas, topics, resources, writers, theories or anything else associated with the topic.

When we brainstorm we write everything down, even if you do not think it is very important information. In...