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4 Ways to Cut the Clutter From Your Business Writing Part 2 of 2 by Dianna Booher | Dianna Booher - Communication Strategist & Author | YouTubeToText
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This content provides practical techniques for improving writing conciseness by eliminating unnecessary words and strengthening verb usage.
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another technique you may want to prime
the pump with what I really want to say
is that once you decide what comes out
and what goes into the document concise
phrasing can become challenging in my
experience in leading writing workshops
I've discovered that most people talk
better than they write if you're one of
those people try squeezing out the
unnecessary words with this starter sentence
sentence
what I really want to say is that and
then finish that thought then you can
always Circle back later and delete the
front part of that sentence what's left
will be a cleancut opening line for your
document another technique select strong
verbs don't spend two or three words to
prop up a weak verb from the beginning
you'll recognize weak verbs and weak
sentences that begin with there is there
are it is it was they seem there
are if you need an adverb an adverb of
course is a verb that most often ends in
ly if you need one of those to prop up
the verb just grab a stronger verb to
begin with in other words don't write a
sentence like this there seems to be
problems with this software that's eight
words when you could write this software
has buged
length in short say it and
stop intentional repetition adds
emphasis that's good unintentional
repetition and unnecessary words obscure
the message they add nothing but
length what are your techniques for
spotting the Clutter in your own writing
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