CLEAR WRITING & CLEAR THINKING are essentially two versions of the same thing. The hard part of good writing is not finding something to say (almost every one can do that to varying degrees). It is patient pruning of words and the constant self-interrogation (is this idea vivid and distinct to the reader? Is the logical progression of ideas as hard and straight as a spine anchoring ribs?) that makes writing powerful and important. It is not how the writer feels when writing, it is how the reader feels when reading. So unclear writing is not just lazy, it is literally thoughtless.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 14:51:50 +0000