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How to write clearer
- A considerate writer will add a few words of explanation to common technical terms, such as Arabidopsis, a flowering mustard plant.
- Readers will appreciate many examples when you explain an idea..
- If you write a sentence that makes you pause and think about what it means, assume your readers might react the same way.
- Before publishing your writing, take a few moments to ensure that what you write is clear and understandable.
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The root cause of bad writing
The root cause of bad writing is struggling to imagine what it is like for someone else not to know something that you know. Whenever writing is loaded with jargon, clichés, technical terms, and abbreviations, two questions come to mind:
- What is the writer is trying...
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Why we write badly
When we become good at our job or hobby, we use catchwords to shorten long-winded descriptions that we have become very familiar with.
The problem is that these catchwords become automatic. While we think these words would facilitate our communication, we forget that our r...
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- Write in your voice
- Format your feedback in a clear and structured way, using the suggested framing above
- Provide rationale — don’t assume other readers will automatically know what you mean.
- Cite specific examples whenever possible.
Starting To Write
Writing can be a lonely, thankless job, filled with rejection. But it can also be very rewarding when your text resonates with people.
Ask yourself why you want to write and what do you want out of it. There’s no problem in doing it just because but a strong reason ...
Kurt Vonnegut: How to write a good short story
- Use the time of a total stranger in a way that they won't feel it was wasted.
- Give the reader at least one character to root for.
- Every character should want something, even just a glass of water.
- Every sentence m...
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