Writing with clarity

by Joanna on August 1, 2007

Ingredients_2Clarity is one of the 12 ingredients of confident writing.

Writing with clarity includes:

Using plain, simple language, free of jargon.  Helping your readers to make sense of your words.  Choosing the right words.  Being accurate, structured and uncluttered in your writing.  Being clear about your purpose and the impact you want to create.  Being clear about what you’re trying to say, and why

Here’s some material for you to dip into on writing with clarity:

Write the truest sentence that you know.  Hemingway on writing with confidence

My best confident writing tip: tell it in ten words

Writing with clarity: a summary of writing with clarity from the October 2007 conversation


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