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Most people know when a document flows and when it doesn’t, but when it comes to creating flow in their own documents, they’re often at a loss. This quick tip provides some easy to implement tips to help you make your documents flow.
Wordy documents are the worst! Okay, not the worst, but right up there. The problem with wordiness (a common issue in professional documents) is that too many words obscure the message and can mislead the reader. This quick tip provides some easy to implement tips to help you decrease wordiness.
Are you guilty of using “in order to” rather than simply “to”? How about “perform an analysis” rather than simply “analyze”? If so, you may be using wordy phrases. The problem with wordy phrases (beside that they’re wordy)? Wordy phrases can be distracting and, let’s face it, aren’t what readers want to read. In this quick tip, you’ll learn ways to recognize and eliminate wordy phrases.
Many writers think their writing isn’t persuasive, but the reality is, they’re wrong? Whether you write emails, user manuals, or SOPs, readers are making decisions about you and your company based on the written document. In this quick tip, you’ll learn strategies to ensure you’re persuading your reader correctly.
Readers have certain expectations when they read a document. In this quick tip, you’ll learn what readers expect from documents and how to ensure that your documents meet readers’ expectations.
What should your paragraphs look like? We know that most readers are skimmers and, as such, paragraphs must meet readers’ needs. In this quick tip, learn strategies to write for skimmers and ensure that your paragraphs meet readers’ needs.
Believe it or not, readers make decisions about the information you provide based on how sentences are constructed. If a sentence isn’t written so that it emphasizes the most important information, readers can come to the incorrect conclusion. This quick tip discusses how to construct sentences that emphasize (and de-emphasize) information to drive readers to the appropriate conclusion.
Prewriting may seem like an extra step in the writing process, but it can actually save you time. In this quick tip, learn strategies to prewrite and why you should prewrite.
