Writing Tips
According to Mark Nichol, listed below are some good writing tips to keep in mind:
- Identify and understand your readers and their needs: Who are they, and what is their likely reading level? What do they already know about the subject, and what do you them to know? What do you need to write to convey this information?
- Introduction Content: State the purpose of the content, and tell your readers why the information is important to them. Consider what you want readers to do after reading the content, and how to use your writing to get them to do it.
- Organize content so that information and procedures are presented in the order in which the material will make sense to the reader.
- Provide clarity by using examples and/or anecdotes, using lists, tables, and images, emphasizing key terms and steps, and employing a clean, uncluttered, well-ordered design.
- Write short sentences; keep the subject, verb, and object close. Place words carefully, and avoid double negatives.
