An infographic from GrammarCheck offers a blueprint for making your writing concise, clear and captivating.
Writing is a difficult skill to master, and unlike baseball or accounting, the rules of grammar and style seem to keep changing.
With the debate over differing styles, it’s sometimes hard to keep up with what is good writing and what isn’t. GrammarCheck’s infographic “10 editing tips that’ll instantly make you a better writer” offers simple tips to make the professional or casual wordsmith better at the job at hand.
Insights include:
1. Write for everyday people.
The first mistake people make when writing is trying to sound smart. Complex sentences and advanced vocabulary are great—until you lose your reader.
To keep a reader’s attention, write like you’re having a conversation:
Overly complicated: The impresario mounted his conveyance and absconded with the purloined baguettes.
Perfectly simple: The ballet director drove off with the stolen jewels.
2. Be concise.
Don’t bore the reader with excess information.
Keep an eye out for redundant phrases and limit examples to a few choice selections. Readers prefer when they don’t have to weed through extra text:
Excessive detail: We conceive the prototype is judiciously designed to leverage our unique expertise in the robotics and automation space, sparking synergies across our many business lines with projected multiples in ROI.
Nice and concise: Our new product, built on our expertise in robotics and automation, looks to dramatically increase our profits for the year ahead.
3. Strengthen your words.
Rich writing comes with strong verbs, active voice and colorful adjectives.
Careful word choice will not only keep the reader more intrigued, but you’ll have more fun writing too:
Plain prose: The sandwich was eaten quickly by the hungry man.
Savvy word choice: The ravenous man gobbled down the hoagie.
Continue reading GrammarCheck’s infographic for seven more tips to improve your writing.
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