教你写出高质量的英文自荐信whenyoubegintowrite，yourmindmaygiveyourandom，disjointedthoughts.yourideasprobablywon'tcomeoutlogicallyorsequentially，butwritethemdownastheyappear，withoutworryingaboutorderorlogic.don'tjudgeandevaluate，simplycollectthem.lateryou'llevaluate，sort，andorganizethem.atthisstageyoujustwanttogetthemdownonpaper，ontape，oroncomputerdisk.itiseasierformostpeopletowritethisway，becausethecreativepartofyourbrainisn'tverylogical，andthelogicalpartofyourbrainisn'tverycreative.don'texpectyourmindtoperformbothfunctionsatonce（althoughsomecan）.usethe"cardtrick"toorganizeyourthoughtssometimesithelpstoputallyourthoughtsonindividualindexcards，exactlyastheycometomind.later，youcansortthecardstogetafinishedproduct，eliminatingcardsthatdon'tfit.thisisalsoabeautifulwaytowriteamagazineorjournalarticlewithverylittlestress--andverylittle"writer'sblock，"becausenothingyouwritedownhastobesaidperfectlyoraccurately.everythingcanbesharpeneduplater.yourfirstgoalissimplytocollectyourroughthoughts.onceyou'veaccomplishedthat，here'swhattodonext：1.spendtimeonyourletter.someoneoncesaid，"withpart-timeeffort，yougetpart-timeresults."thisisespeciallytrueinletterwriting.youcanexpecttospendseveralhours，orevenseveraldays，onaletter.2.writeadraft，thenletitcooloffovernight.3.rewriteifnecessary.4.useastrongclose，likethese："afteryouhavehadachancetoreviewthisletter，iwillcallyoutogetyourreactions.""第1页共17页iwillcallyourofficenextweektoarrangeatimewhenwemightbeabletogettogether.ifyouhaveanyquestionsbeforethat，pleasecallmeat（555）771-4357."5.avoidweakerendingslikethese："pleasecallmeatyourearliestconvenience.""ibelievethatameetingcouldprovetobemutuallyprofitable，andaskthat，ifyouagree，youcontactmesothatwecanarrangeaconvenienttime.""thankyouforyourconsideration.iamavailableforapersonalinterviewatyourearliestconvenienceandlookforwardtohearingfromyou.""inthenextweekortwowhenyourschedulepermits，let'smeetanddiscussmyaspirationsinmoredetail.pleasegivemeacall.""ilookforwardtoyourreply."6.askforopinions，advice，andfeedbackfromfriends，andfromsales，marketing，andadvertisingexperts.7.mailasmallsampletotestyourletter.thisisimportant.aconsultantfriendoncemailed76，000brochuresatacostofnearly$15，000，andonlygotthreeresponses.whatashame。thematerialwaspoorlywritten，badlydesigned，andpoorlytested.testyourlettersbeforeyourollthemoutonalargescale.8.ifyou'regettingthekindofresponseyouwant，maillargernumbers.9.enclosearesponseformtoincreaseyourresponse.10.remailthesamelettertothesamepeopletwoorthreetimes.repetitionoftenhelps.11.don'tmarkletters"personalandconfidential，"unlessthere'sasolidreasonwhytheycan'tbeopenedbyasecretary.iftheletterispersuasiveenough，itwillgetthrough.giveyourselftimeyoucan'texpecttoproduceanexceptionaldocumentovernight.letter-writingisactuallyharderthanresume-writingbecauseyou'restartingwithacleanslate.inresume-writingatleastyouhaveyourbackground--whichisdefinite--toworkwith.inletterwriting，youstartwithnothing.letters第2页共17页canbeaboutanything.that'swhythey'resodifficult.ioncetookaclasscalled"howtomarketabook."theclassfocusedonwritingqueryletterstopublisherstogetabookcontract.thecourselastedsixweeksandmetfortwohourseachweek.ispentseveralhoursperweekonhomework--stayingupallnightseveralnights--andtheendproductwasaone-pagesaleslettertopublishers.lotsofworkforjusto...
