How To Write More Clearly

As you write anything, always keep in mind that you’re doing so for the reader’s benefit.   You’re communicating a message and the clearer the writing, the better the reader can understand what you’re trying to convey.

How To Achieve Clarity In Writing

Clarity in writing is always achieved through  a process.  It’s not a matter of accident.  Instead, it’s the result of detailed attention and painstaking labor.

How To Use The Paramedic Method For More Concise Writing

The Paramedic Method is an easy to use technique for clearer and more concise writing, created by UCLA professor Richard Lanham.  It’s one of the simplest, but most effective, techniques we’ve seen that you can pair with your favorite student software for writing correction to net you favorable results.

Metadiscourse: The Most Painful Example Of Extraneous Writing

If you’re trying to avoid cluttered writing, you would do well to stay clear of using metadiscourse in your text.  The act of writing about the writing, it is consistently a waste of space that leads to both unclear points and unnatural-sounding statements.  In fact, I find a propensity to use metadiscourse a more irritating trait for some writers than their grammar skills.  At least, even the most basic grammar software can sort the latter out.


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