Writing Well - Part 3 - Rewriting and Editing
“The trick to writing well is to...
– take long sentences and make them short
– take confusing ideas and make them clear
– take unrelated concepts and make them related
...without losing the main idea in the process.”
– take long sentences and make them short
– take confusing ideas and make them clear
– take unrelated concepts and make them related
...without losing the main idea in the process.”
3-2-1: On asking permission, the trick to writing well, and the magic of reading
Ask your editor to identify each letter in the CRIBS acronym, as explained below:
- **Confusing:**The more friction in the communication process, the harder it’ll be for an idea to get from the writer’s mind into the reader’s. Most of the time, when the reader is confused about what I’m trying to say, so is the writer.
- **Repeated:**Good writing is comp
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