Introduction
“At any moment in any document, readers need to know
what they’re being told. They shouldn’t have to
get to page 50 and wonder, ‘Why am I here?’”
―Task Team Leader
Until this point in the writing process, your report only exists as a planning document in the form of the Dialogue With the Reader Worksheet and a Pyramid Outline. Although your pyramid outline makes the organization of your ideas clear to you, your readers will not see this framework. In this module, you will begin to work on the report that your readers will see.
You will begin to develop your report with two steps:
- By writing an introduction, and
- By creating the headings that you will use throughout the report.
Both of these features serve to guide your readers through your report and help them stay focused on the main message.