ABSTRACT
This chapter explains how a document framework assists both writers and readers and discusses the formats or frameworks most common in professional writing. For example, the framework that you construct may be the result of assessing your readers against your knowledge about a subject, the strength of your views, the amount of research time available, or the sensitivity of the topic. By placing major points in headings and sub-headings, you provide a clear overview for readers who are used to skim reading. For example, if this book had no headings or sub-headings, you would find it frustrating, even though an index is provided. After writing, check that your headings and sub-headings contribute to your main message. It can be used as an example of how re-organising the framework along the guidelines stated in this chapter can help a writer more clearly express his or her writing goal and main message.
