Write Simply

simplifying your language doesn’t simplify your message: Accessible writing can still be profound. “I try to write using ordinary words and simple sentences,” said essayist Paul Graham. “That kind of writing is easier to read, and the easier something is to read, the more deeply readers will engage with it. The less energy they expend on your prose

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"Try not to use words like “surprisingly,” “predictably” and “of course,” which put a value on a fact before the reader encounters the fact. Trust your material.""Actually a simple style is the result of hard work and hard thinking; a muddled style reflects a muddled thinker or a person too arrogant, or too dumb, or too lazy to organize his thought... See more

Let's put them all together. Useful writing tells people something true and important that they didn't already know, and tells them as unequivocally as possible.

Useful writing tells people something true and important that they didn't already know, and tells them as unequivocally as possible.

Useful writing is bold, but true.