People usually refer to practical writing as applied writing, and practical writing refers to all kinds of articles written to solve practical problems and have specific uses in social life, as opposed to appreciative articles. Practical articles are generally called practical articles.

Generally speaking, practical writing shows two characteristics in content and form: first, from the content aspect, practical writing is written to solve a specific problem or deal with a specific job, and its content is closely related to real life and is a reflection of real life content; Secondly, from the formal point of view, most practical articles have a fixed style with certain stylized characteristics.

Specifically, theme, material, structure and language are the constituent elements of all articles, and the characteristics of practical articles are reflected in these four aspects respectively.

(a) the subject refers to a single, centralized and clear.

Subjective reference is the central meaning of the article and the embodiment of the author's intention, proposition or viewpoint in the article. Conciseness, concentration and clarity are the characteristics of the theme of practical writing, and they can also be said to be the requirements for the theme of practical writing.

The so-called single, that is, an article can only have one center, and can only make the problem clear around one theme.

The so-called concentration means that an applied article can only have one center, and this center should be the commander-in-chief of the full text.

The so-called clarity is the central meaning of the article, and what the author's intentions and opinions are, so that readers can see at a glance.

(2) The materials are diverse, authentic and powerful.

Materials are all kinds of facts and theories that constitute the content, form, support and theme of an article. Only by being good at starting with the materials and paying attention to let the materials speak, can we make a well-founded and convincing article.

Judging from the shape of the material itself, fact and theory are two kinds of materials. If further divided, there are many kinds of facts, such as events and situations, objects and phenomena, while theories include principles, policies, regulations and concepts, principles, theories and so on. From the source of materials, there are primary materials and secondary materials. Different types of materials are usually obtained through different channels. Observation, experiment and investigation are the main ways to obtain factual materials in practice and important channels to obtain valuable first-hand information. By consulting literature, theoretical data can be obtained centrally, and second-hand data can be obtained mainly from this or through investigation.

Truth is the life of practical articles, and the truth of materials is the first condition to make articles true.

Power is another characteristic that the material of practical goods should have. Strength first means that the material should be theme-oriented, and can not be divorced from or contrary to the theme; Secondly, the materials used are required to express the theme, not dispensable.

(3) The structure is reasonable, precise and fixed.

Simply put, the structure is the content structure of the article; Arrangement structure is to organize materials reasonably according to the needs of theme expression.

Fundamentally speaking, reasonable structure means that the arrangement of structure conforms to the composition and development law of objective things.

In essence, practical writing should be a kind of logical composition, and logical composition should emphasize prudence, not looseness and disorder.

Fixation is an important feature of practical article structure. In the long-term writing practice, most of all kinds of practical articles have formed a unified format.

Stylization is a tendency that literary and artistic creation should avoid, but it is a law that applied writing cannot deviate from. Fixed structure and standard format are a very important feature of all kinds of practical articles.

(4) The language is accurate, concise, plain and solemn.

Language is the coat of thought, the carrier of information and the tool of communication. Without language, writing cannot be carried out.

The linguistic accuracy of practical writing not only refers to the appropriateness, appropriateness and appropriateness of words and sentences, but also has its special meaning. First of all, the extensive use of technical terms and trade terms will enhance the accuracy of practical language, or reflect the accuracy of practical language. Technical terms and trade terms refer to specialized words used to determine the meaning of a particular discipline, professional field or social industry.

The language of any article should be concise. In order to convey information efficiently and quickly, the so-called conciseness of language means using as few language materials as possible to convey as much information as possible to readers clearly.

Plain means simple, natural and easy to understand. The simplicity of the language of the article is first manifested in the straightforwardness of the language.

Practical writing, especially working practical writing, should have a solemn style, and the solemnity of language is one of the most important factors to form the solemn style of the article.

In a word, the single, centralized and clear theme, diverse, true and powerful materials, reasonable, rigorous and fixed structure, and accurate, concise, plain and solemn language are the basic characteristics of practical writing and the basic requirements for practical writing.

Second, the main ways to improve the level of practical writing

(a) to study the problem and grasp the situation.

(two) understand the policy, familiar with the provisions.

(C) temper thinking ability, strengthen language cultivation.

(four) to master the law and understand the provisions.

(5) Be good at learning from and be diligent in practice.