Proposals must answer the questions what, how, when and how much? In my research I found a more direct outline for preparing proposals, which may be easier for people to follow. The outlines included percentages of how much space a specific section should fill within your proposal. Giving percentages is something I found to be very helpful, since I am not familiar with proposals. I also found that it is a good idea to develop a preproposal and write a first draft. When discussing a point it is important to not over explain it. You want to just state it, support it, and then move on. Unlike the text where the appearance guidelines were only explained my research explained language that is not appropriate to use, such as might, could, ought, may, should, hope, will consider, and it appears. Just like the text correcting errors is significant and sometimes it is helpful to seek the help of an editor. Many tips on editing were offered on the websites I researched.
Organization is important to a proposal. Techniques for doing this include headings, marginal notes, sectional introductions and prefaces, summaries and appendices, outlines, charts and diagrams, which were stated in the text. Also check lists and planning sheets were made available to help in the organization process.
I found that is important to include a bibliography or a work cited within your proposal. Most of the research I found was the same as the text but just gave a more detailed explanation on each guideline for writing a proposal.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
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