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Using Analogies And Chunking
Using examples or analogies is a powerful and necessary technique to make the common reader relate to abstract content. Analogies are also retained by the memory for a longer time than raw, professional content with big words.
Messy writing is also due to chunking, a mental process in which the writer groups similar concepts together in the brain. While this is a great ability which proves how intelligent the writer is, the readers do not have the same chunks inside their brain.
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Vocabulary Is The Misfired Weapon
A big vocabulary basket is like the only ‘tangible skill’ the writer has, and it never occurs to them that they should use simple words instead.
The writer should focus on clarity instead of impressing others with professional-sounding words that cloud any real understanding.
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Professional Writing: The Curse of Knowledge
The Curse of Knowledge, suffered by many authors, is the inability to think like the less-informed layperson who is going to read the content.
- Professional writing is filled with all kinds of ‘ese’, legalese, academese etc. which makes it unrelatable and unclear, co...
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The Solution To Incomprehensible Writing
- Do not use abstractions, and go for real, concrete nouns and everyday words.
- Assume that the reader knows less than you do and explain as you would to a newbie.
- Get someone to read your work and take feedback.
- Write down a draft and wait a while to come back and revie...
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Functional Fixity
Sometimes writers invent confusing and bewildering terminology to explain plain and simple concepts. This is because their years of familiarity with such concepts makes them part of a bubble, in which they believe everyone would understand their vocabulary.
Example: Doc...
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The human brain has only a small amount of short-term memory, with the average brain holding only about seven chunks of information at a time, for about 20 seconds.
One can make use of chunking related items together and using clear headers and sections to enhance clarity
Chunking is the secret to expertise
The idea behind chunking is to group underlying items by some sort of meaning or structure. For example, RTCTAIILFSO is easier remembered when it is regrouped to FRAC-TO-LIS-TIC.
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Exercise And Neurons
Voluntary exercise can help give birth to neurons. The key being voluntary to help trigger neurogenesis of cells and neurons that survive.
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