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Weekly Goals

Learning outcomes and estimated effort of Week 1.
By the end of Week 1, you will be able to:

  • Become more deliberate about “the words under the words”
  • Start to improve by both reducing your errors and increasing your insights
  • Identify the ways in which writing can be a “map to a decision”
  • Recognize the relationship between mechanics and strategy
  • Move beyond empty, conclusory statements and instead “earn their generalizations”

Week 1 time estimate: 7 hours

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Writing and Editing: Word Choice and Word Order

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