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How to make your writing straightforward
From the course: A Crash Course in Writing Well: Learn to Write with More Style, Flair, and Impact
How to make your writing straightforward
- I often discover while writing something that many of my sentences are more complicated than they need to be. This is quite normal because ideas when we first write them down don't tend to come out perfectly. They usually need to be sculpted into shape so that they become more engaging. Now, our work as elite writers is to notice such unnecessarily complicated sentences and then try to simplify them as much as possible. It's the same way a math student might be asked to take a complicated equation and simplify it for ease of calculation. First, simplifying, for example; 2x plus x equals 30, to say 3x equals 30 and then to say X equals 10, which is of course the simplest form. Now remember, as aspiring, exceptional writers as our aim should be to make our pros a pleasure to read never a burden, and therefore taking the time to uncomplicate sentences is usually well worth the effort. In this lesson, I'm going to teach…
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How I discovered the secret sauce9m
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The magic of simplicity3m 25s
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How to make your writing tight6m 50s
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How to make your writing plain4m 57s
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How to make your writing straightforward6m 44s
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The magic of clarity2m 12s
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How to make your writing precise4m 52s
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How to make your writing sharp4m 31s
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How to make your writing specific14m 5s
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The magic of elegance2m 35s
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How to make your writing tidy6m 57s
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How to make your writing graceful4m 35s
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How to make your writing musical7m 12s
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The magic of evocativeness3m 28s
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How to make your writing varied4m 9s
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How to make your writing forceful3m 47s
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How to make your writing colorful11m 47s
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