The CQ Press Writing Guide for Public Policy

Part 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: Audiences and Audience-Centered Writing in Public Policy
Part 2: The Skills of Policy Writing
Chapter 2: Generating and Organizing Your Argument
Chapter 3: Improving Your Writing: Sentences and Words
Chapter 4: Writing Well: Paragraphs and Sections
Chapter 5: Visually Communicating: On Creating and Writing About Tables
Chapter 6: Visually Communicating: On Creating and Writing About Graphs and Other Figures
Chapter 7: Pulling It All Together: Creating Professional-Quality Work
Part 3: Policy Genres and Their Purposes
Chapter 8: The Issue Brief
Chapter 9: Policy History
Chapter 10: The Decision Memo
Chapter 11: Op-Eds
Chapter 12: Legislative Testimony and Public Comment: Writing to Persuade the Government
Chapter 13: Writing for Public Speaking
Chapter 14: Writing for Nontraditional Formats: Email and Social Media
Index