Professional Writing for the Unprofessional Writer

The image above is for a presentation I put together for a writing course a friend of mine teaches at Boston College. My role at my company (Newfangled) involves quite a bit of writing, and so my friend asked me to talk about writing from the perspective of someone who does it in a business context, rather than as an author.

I’m willing to bet that there are many professionals who have similarly found themselves writing for work- unprofessional writers endeavoring to write professionally. Are you one of them? If so, what have you learned about writing in the process? Are there any tips/points you’d add? At what point might someone call themselves a writer? Is it about intent or the amount one does something? I wouldn’t call myself one…