Weaknesses In Public Relations

Writing is an important and valuable skill within the field of public relations. It is important for public relations people to be able to develop honest and accurate content on behalf of their clients, companies, or the organizations they work for. I would say that writing is probably the paramount skill that could help you reach success in the field of public relations. When you use imprecise grammar, spelling, or vocabulary you make a bad impression for yourself as your writing comes out incoherent, flawed, or unconvincing. Even the smallest of mistakes could cause your writing to be viewed as unprofessional such as the failing to use capitalization, abandoning the rules of writing, using abbreviations, misusing vocabulary, or even forgetting punctuation. Writing helps public relations professionals execute tasks such as, pitching to the media, networking and developing relationships, and communicating to name a few.

As we learned in chapter one of, The Only Grammar Book You`ll Ever Need, grammar has specific rules sometimes and this can become extremely hard to follow as there are numerous rules and exceptions as well. After reading this chapter, however, I was able to depict the most commonly misused words in writing and I realized many of those words I had been misusing myself. I was able to develop a list and include all the words

Whether it is how I want to put it or not being able to use correct vocabulary to disperse my thoughts to my audience. Another weakness I have is the organization of my paper. I write as I think and sometimes my thoughts may be all over the place. After I have completed a paper, I go back and reread it a couple of times and realize that what I said at times makes no sense because my information is scattered around. I have trouble structuring my sentences to transition well to introduce my next thought or