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Most of us learn during high school or college that how we dress for a job interview can impact whether we get the job. How we present ourselves matters. “Dress for success.”
Several years ago, I was dealing with a serious illness and was getting bounced from one medical specialist to the next (appointments initially started with “We don’t know what medical condition you have” and then moved into “We don’t know how to treat this”). I considered that appearance matters; I took to dressing well for medical appointments to be taken seriously (i.e., “This woman looks important – we need to put in a serious effort to resolve her medical issue.”). (Side note: it was my cat’s veterinarian who finally came up with a treatment plan. There was no way to see that coming!)
How we present ourselves on paper also matters. People judge us via the written word just as much as they judge us by how we dress. How many times have you read something and wondered, “What was that person trying to say?” Or, “Was that person asleep in their high school writing class?” Likewise, readers also judge you by how you present yourself on paper. Your ability to develop and artfully articulate ideas on paper – or not! – makes an impression. Most people want the impression they convey to be positive. “Write for success.”
Consider an example of how people present themselves on paper. During an earlier stage of my life, I would wonder how famously busy people – politicians, actors, etc. – found time to write their memoirs. Today, there’s an increasing willingness for well-known people to acknowledge using ghostwriters, researchers, editors, etc. for their memoirs. Just this year, my mother gave me Bill Gate’s memoir – Source Code /> My Beginnings (published in 2025) – as a Christmas gift. Bill openly acknowledges in his book – by name – the wordsmiths, researchers, editors, friends and relatives, former teachers, etc. who helped bring his memoir to print. He only has so many hours in a day and writing may or may not “be his thing” – yet, he wanted his memoir to be presented well. He was variously present during the memoir’s development process – his “writing support team” helped turn his concept of a published memoir into a book worth sending to a publisher and sharing with the public.
Everyone can consider that how we – including you – present ourselves on paper matters.
Those of us who write professionally know how to present you – and your ideas – successfully. Working with a professional writer means that you can spend your time and energy “doing what you do” while being confident that we writers will competently present your written ideas “for success.” If you want your ideas to be taken seriously, present them in way that will be taken seriously. How you present yourself and your ideas matters.
“Yes, but I don’t have Bill Gates’ budget.” Yes, well….. Your ideas will be taken seriously if they are presented in a manner that people take seriously. Present for success.
Kim Burkhardt provides writing services – including ghostwriting, “corporate storytelling,” articles, how-to manuals, and editing – at Burkhardt Writing Services. Contact us about your wordsmithing and storytelling needs.
