Writing Proposals: An Interview with Paul Weber
http://www.writing-world.com/tech/proposals.shtml

Vega, Barbara
Writing World
2005

Abstract:

Proposals involve a myriad of strategy, planning, organization, research, and, of course, writing processes. The value of creating these standard, or boilerplate, files will multiply across subsequent proposals. With minor modifications related to the particular proposal, well-researched and professionally written standard files provide the proposal process with an immediate degree of completion, enabling management and proposal organizers more time for critical proposal analysis, creative solutions, and custom product modifications.