justwrite.biz is  the gateway to a new, UK-based service that has been set up to help people with tasks that involve writing.

  WHO IS IT FOR?

It's for people in all walks of life, in any age group, in any job. In fact, it's for everyone who has writing to do. That means literally everyone. You might be a word-processor user or a pen-and-paper person: it makes no difference. As you can see from the box on the left, there are particular 'strands' for employers and managers, middle managers and team leaders, people in the professions, and students in higher education. 

But the service isn't restricted to people in those groups. Perhaps you write for a house or community magazine, or because you enjoy communicating in writing with your friends and relatives. Or maybe you're in a tangle with authority and need to write a letter explaining your situation. Whichever, the service can help you.

And it can help with all kinds of writing. Reports, executive summaries, minutes of meetings, letters, essays. Public relations and website copy. Your CV if you're applying for a job. Your menu if you run a restaurant. Non-fiction books and articles too. 

  WHO PROVIDES THE SERVICE?

Let me introduce myself. My name is Peter Levin and my speciality is helping people who need to get something written. They usually know what they want to say but find difficulty in expressing it clearly and structuring it in a logical, organized way. I used to be a university lecturer, and for the past ten years I have specialized in giving students one-to-one help with various kinds of writing. So I do have many years of experience in helping people to sort their ideas out, overcome blocks to writing, and produce the document they are tasked to produce, QUICKLY!

I also work with business and professional people, and people who have dropped in to a 'life-long learning' centre near where I live, wanting help with anything from improving their English to writing a CV or personal statement of some kind to drawing up an application for a grant.

And I write books. I have written seven 'Student-Friendly Guides', including the best-selling Write Great Essays! published by Open University Press. You can get some idea of my own writing skill from taking a look at it. I do my own editing too. I'm pleased to say that my books are published in the form that I write them: they have not been knocked into shape by a publisher's copy-editor!

  TAKE THE STRESS OUT OF WRITING ...

Do you find writing stressful? Many, many people do. The chances are that like those many, many other people, you were never taught to write. Our great British education system certainly didn't teach you how to write useful, practical things. If you were lucky, you had a teacher who took an interest in you and did give you some help, or you sussed out for yourself what you needed to do. But in the 1970s and 1980s, in State schools the emphasis was on self-expression, and little attention was paid to reasoning, structure, grammar and punctuation. 

In the 1990s and 2000s, it became the fashion to test pupils by giving them projects to do, and since these were tests teachers weren't allowed to help them. So you were asked to write up your project without being taught how to do it. Crazy. Unfair. And confidence-destroying. It's no wonder that people agonize over whether they've used correct English in what they've written, and prefer to communicate by phone or text rather than commit themselves to writing.

  ... AND GET A CONFIDENCE BOOST!

As you master the skills of writing, the stress just falls away. You gain confidence. I know how stressful writing can be when you're not used to it, and I take particular care to give you the support you need, through the early stages and as long as it's needed.

  HOW DOES IT WORK?

My method of working is client-focused and collaborative.

It's client-focused, in that it starts from the task that's facing you. I have no course to sell you, no pigeon-hole to put you in, and no preconceived ideas about what you need. All we need to get going is for you to have some idea of what you want the end-product to be.

And it's collaborative, in that it's you and me, working together. We communicate via telephone and email, and in complete confidence. (An initial face-to-face meeting is helpful, and usually straightforward to arrange, but not essential.) You provide the raw material - the content, the subject matter - and tell me what form you want the finished product to take. I provide the know-how that helps you turn that raw material into a finished document. You and your needs get my individual attention.

If you wish, I will proof-read and check the grammar and punctuation of the pre-final draft, and raise queries where I think the meaning may not be clear.

Going by past experience, I am confident that not only will you produce a document that you'll be pleased with: you'll learn how to produce similar documents for yourself, without any help, in the future. Which is why you might describe what I do as 'coaching in writing'.

  CONFIDENTIALITY

I appreciate the need for complete confidentiality in the work I do for you. I treat everything that passes between me and my clients in complete confidence. I do not and will not disclose any information about clients, or any information that would enable a client to be identified.

  TO SUM UP ...

Here are the plus-points of the justwrite service:

• It's focused on your particular task and your personal needs

• You get individual, one-to-one attention

• Everything is confidential

• There's no course to take

• You learn to do it for yourself

• You gain confidence.
   

GET IN TOUCH!

If you've read this far, you know something of who I am and how I work. If you would like more information on anything, including fees (reasonable!), please send me an email: CLICK HERE.

I'll be happy to discuss your needs. If you include your phone number (landline preferred, please) in your email, I'll be happy to give you a call and we can talk over the phone. There's no charge for an exploratory discussion, of course, and I will treat everything you say in complete confidence. I look forward to hearing from you.

Peter Levin

'Helping you get from first thoughts to polished paragraphs'

To contact me at justwrite.biz, CLICK HERE