Character Reference Letter for Court Template
Character reference letter templates for court with five-part framework, sentencing and probation formats, and language that works in legal contexts.
The exact change
"The best persuasive writing is specific. Generalities are easy to dismiss. Specifics stick." Roy Peter Clark, Writing Tools [...] "The court does not ask for your emotional connection to the subject. The court asks for your observations. Observation is more persuasive than emotion in any serious venue." Stephen Pinker, The Sense of Style [...] "Writing truthfully is its own discipline. When you cannot write truthfully, do not write." William Zinsser, On Writing Well
The most persuasive writing tends to be specific: generalities are easy to dismiss, while specifics stick with a reader. [...] A court is not asking for a writer's emotional connection to the subject. It is asking for observations, and in most serious venues, observation is more persuasive than emotion. [...] Writing truthfully is its own discipline. When a writer cannot write truthfully about a subject, the better choice is not to write at all.
Why this is better
Unverified quote attributed to Roy Peter Clark's 'Writing Tools' about specific persuasive writing. This exact wording could not be verified via web search against the real book's documented content.; unverified quote attributed to Stephen Pinker's 'The Sense of Style' about courts wanting observations, not emotion. This exact wording could not be verified via web search against the real book's doc; unverified quote attributed to William Zinsser's 'On Writing Well' about writing truthfully. This exact wording could not be verified via web search against the real book's documented content.
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