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Introduction=Before you begin writing your document, the first thing you need to do is determine the purpose of your document.  Knowing the purpose will help you communicate successfully with the document's audience. You'll have a better idea of what information you'll need, how to organize it, what style of writing you should choose, and even how much to write.  Writing with a purpose will give your document a sense of direction and clarity, leading to an overall better document.|Chapter_TOC=[[The_Writing_Process|The Writing Process]]}}
 
Introduction=Before you begin writing your document, the first thing you need to do is determine the purpose of your document.  Knowing the purpose will help you communicate successfully with the document's audience. You'll have a better idea of what information you'll need, how to organize it, what style of writing you should choose, and even how much to write.  Writing with a purpose will give your document a sense of direction and clarity, leading to an overall better document.|Chapter_TOC=[[The_Writing_Process|The Writing Process]]}}

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Introduction=Before you begin writing your document, the first thing you need to do is determine the purpose of your document. Knowing the purpose will help you communicate successfully with the document's audience. You'll have a better idea of what information you'll need, how to organize it, what style of writing you should choose, and even how much to write. Writing with a purpose will give your document a sense of direction and clarity, leading to an overall better document.

Purpose Statement

The first step to choosing a purpose is writing a purpose statement. These will guide every decision you make as you plan, draft, and revise your document. In order to create this statement, we need to consider two questions.


Why Am I Writing This Document?

===What Response Do I Want From Readers?===