This is a great article. "Omit Needless Words.” I struggle with this to find the right balance in my nonfiction, how-to writing. My natural style has few words, and just the right words to communicate my meaning. Unfortunately, it's not conversational or interesting. That's because I've always written Business reports to quickly and clearly communicate essential information. And, procedures and instructions. In business, people want to know that essential information In the shortest, clearest form possible. However, that doesn't seem to be the case in everything else. They want it to be conversational and entertaining. I struggle to find the right position on that continuum.
This is a great article. "Omit Needless Words.” I struggle with this to find the right balance in my nonfiction, how-to writing. My natural style has few words, and just the right words to communicate my meaning. Unfortunately, it's not conversational or interesting. That's because I've always written Business reports to quickly and clearly communicate essential information. And, procedures and instructions. In business, people want to know that essential information In the shortest, clearest form possible. However, that doesn't seem to be the case in everything else. They want it to be conversational and entertaining. I struggle to find the right position on that continuum.
Thank you Brent! That's true, it's challenging to find the right balance between a conversational tone and succinctness.