Enter The Contest Read & Rate Entries View Past Winners Get A Book Published Free Typing Test Writing Resources Free Articles Search This Site Home | Contest | Write A Book | Write Ebooks For Cash | Be A Travel Writer | Write Children's Books Write For Newspapers | Write An Ezine | Write A Blog | Writing Skills & Tips | Novel Writing Software Please take a moment to bookmark this page and join our free hot tips list. Be Brief By: Militza Basualdo BE BRIEF When writing, always try to be brief. Unnecessary words are a lazy person’s habit, waste the effort of the writers and reader and muddy the thinking and decision making. Here are some tips: •Make the first paragraph clearly state the purpose answering in a general way the who, what, when, where and why. Let the reader know what you want him/her to do. •Discuss only one subject in each paragraph, the same subject that the topic sentence introduces. •Never say in a paragraph what you can say in a sentence. Never say in a sentence what you can say with a word. Never say in a long word what you can say in a short word with the same meaning. •Where data can stand on its own without explanation let it. •If something is “needless to say”, why say it? •Use short words (70% one syllable), short sentences (no more than 25 words) and short paragraphs (no more than seven lines). Brevity helps clarity and persuasiveness. •Avoid using pompous, long words for the words you would use talking. There should be no difference between your speaking and writing vocabulary. Here is a blacklist: 1.Anticipate (expect) 2.Deceased (dead) 3.Desire (want) 4.Failed to (didn’t) 5.Insufficient (not enough) 6.Obtain (get) 7.Presently (now) 8.Prohibit (forbid) 9.Require (need) 10.Spouse (husband, wife) 11.Substantial (large) 12.Supply (send) 13.Terminate (end, stop) 14.Transpire (happen) 15.Vehicle (car) Militza Basualdo is a Six Sigma consultant (militza.basualdo@iesixsigma.com). Ms. Basualdo holds a Six Sigma Master Black Belt and received a Bachelor´s degree Summa Cum Laude in Mathematics and a Master´s degree in Computer Science from Texas A&M University in Kingsville. Ms. Basualdo completed all courses towards a Ph.D. in Engineering - Operations Research. Ms. Basualdo has held Information Technology and Six Sigma positions for two Fortune 50 companies

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