General Definition: The ability to control and vary written communications with an audience(s) in a given situation to maximize the accomplishment of objectives.
 

1. Ability to write appropriately to a given audience.

2. Ability to express thoughts in an organized manner.

3. Ability to express a thought with precision, clarity and economy.

4. Ability to use the mechanics of the language -- grammar, punctuation, spelling.

5. Ability to perceive and respond to the implicit and explicit communications of others.

6.  Ability to write so as to advance immediate and long-term objectives.