Writing Analytically, 5th Edition

Start by trying to accept that uncertainty—even its more extreme version, confusion—is a productive state of mind, a precondition to having ideas.

converting suggestions into direct statements.

the “I” is not a wholly autonomous free agent who writes from a unique point of view.

Analytical writers are frequently more concerned with persuading themselves,

The decisions you make about how to phrase

Analytical writing is more concerned with arriving at an understanding of a subject than it is with either self-expression or changing readers’ views.

get past our first, generic, evaluative response to discover what the subject is “made of,”

that there is a big difference between experts who make decisions in the blink of an eye and relative novices

exploratory state of mind,