3 Tips for Clear and Concise Writing: How To Improve Your Writing

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Clear and concise writing improves your writing by sharing your points faster and with more impact. Your readers will thank you and your confidence in your writing will soar.
Cut the fluff and be proud of your writing! Check out our 3 top tips.
Examples included are real life sentences revised to showcase the techniques.
The 3 tips to clear and concise writing:
1. Start with Who
2. Use visual meaningful verbs
3. Reduce using the 'To Be' verbs
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00:00 - Intro
00:20 - Concise is Nice!
00:40 - How do we "cut the fluff"?
01:08 - Start with WHO
02:48 - Use visual verbs
03:33 - Reduce 'To Be' verbs
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@kevincassell288 8 месяцев назад

Love it: "Verbs are the most powerful part of a sentence."

@HighValueWriting 8 месяцев назад

Thanks, friend! Yes, I rely on verbs for so much! They both create concision *and* set a tone... all in one word! Talk about concise... ;)

@doreennekesaofficial Год назад

Thank you, Erin! I am staying.

@HighValueWriting Год назад

Wonderful, Doreen! Happy to learn with you here at the channel!

@henryhercules309 8 месяцев назад

I wish all my teachers was concise as you.

@HighValueWriting 8 месяцев назад

🤪🤪 Ah, thank you Henry-glad to hear the vid was helpful!

@agentkdc Месяц назад

I just found and appreciate your RU-vid Channel. I am too wordy & have much "opportunity" to write more concise emails. I appreciate your help! 😀

@HighValueWriting Месяц назад

Hi Kory, nice to meet you, and thanks for your kind feedback! I hope you find these strategies helpful! :)

@susanmurthy8725 2 года назад

Love all your examples!!

@bathos22 10 месяцев назад

"Visual" verb. Game changer! Thanks Erin🙏🏽

@HighValueWriting 10 месяцев назад

Wonderful! Yes, powerful, visual verbs get the job done-in fewer words!

@shragamildiner8472 10 месяцев назад

You're a life saver

@HighValueWriting 10 месяцев назад

Thank you and glad to hear the vid was helpful! :)

@angelinis.8084 2 года назад

Just in time when I write my thesis. This answers some of my questions too. Thank you!

@dean_604 10 месяцев назад

I just started a Communications course looking for ways to improve business writing. My first search was "How to make my writing more concise". I landed here and I'm excited to check out the rest of your content.

@HighValueWriting 10 месяцев назад

Sounds great-welcome, Dean! We have lots of vids on writing concisely and meeting audience needs in business writing, etc. Feel free to let us know if you have any questions or topic requests!

@newishwavemusic 10 месяцев назад

Welcome! 🎉

@emmanuelnkurunziza7886 Год назад

Nice strategy.I am impressed

@HighValueWriting Год назад

Glad to hear you enjoyed the strategies, Emmanuel! Thank you for your comment.

@agentkdc Месяц назад

No doubt, I will. Thank you!

@scottduff7847 2 года назад

Love your videos, thank you

@HighValueWriting 2 года назад

Thank you, Scott; much appreciated! Let me know if you have any topic requests! Have a great weekend.

@Christopher_Resonetics Год назад

Great tips, thank you!

@HighValueWriting Год назад

You are so welcome!

@ryzeonline Год назад

So helpful. Again. Thank you.

@HighValueWriting Год назад

Appreciate it, J-Ryze!

@user-ni7kr5ci8z 8 месяцев назад

Thanks, Erin!! it really helped me in my college application..

@HighValueWriting 8 месяцев назад

I'm so glad to hear it; thanks for your comment!

@user-ni7kr5ci8z 7 месяцев назад

@@HighValueWriting

@anthonycosentino463 11 месяцев назад

You're not annoying at all, unlike most RU-vidrs. You didn't even use the irritating phrase Writing Journey... Subscribed!!

@erinlebacqz5507 11 месяцев назад

lol! And “learning journey” too. #goodinstincts

@HighValueWriting 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for your support, Anthony! Glad you found the strategies useful!

@k.chriscaldwell4141 10 месяцев назад

_”To exist, or not to exist. That establishes the question.”_

@HighValueWriting 10 месяцев назад

🤪 Lol, thanks for your comment!

@francesanti3902 2 года назад

Good videos. Thank you!

@HighValueWriting 2 года назад

Thanks, France; I'm so glad you're enjoying them! Do you have any questions on any of them? I'll be doing some follow-up videos soon. :)

@francesanti3902 2 года назад

@@HighValueWriting actuality yes. I’m sometimes not sure what I have to do with jargon. I always try to replace or to cancel. But sometimes the world is everywhere (for example on all other official documents) and so I have to use it too. How do you challenge with jargon?

@HighValueWriting 10 месяцев назад

Hi France, I'm sorry we haven't followed up on this yet! Thank you again for the great idea for one of our next video topics! Some quick ideas in the meantime: - When the jargon word is on other documents and you have to use it to be consistent, consider either hyperlinking that word to a definition or putting a one-syllable synonym after it in parenthesis. - When possible, use context clues like visuals or other words to help the reader learn while they are also dealing with jargon. For example using a color that's been used to connote positivity or negativity could give them a (possibly unconscious) understanding of that basic level of the meaning. - Use a really simple sentence structure for the entire sentence that includes the jargon word. That is, make everything else easy for the reader so they can focus their cognition on understanding that word. :)

@emmaweissburg8474 2 года назад

Great examples!!

@HighValueWriting 2 года назад

Thanks, Emma; glad you found them helpful!

@jeffreyhenderson3778 4 месяца назад

Your videos are great. They are a resource I am suggesting to all my students, even at the graduate level, or perhaps I should say, especially at the graduate level. Thank you very much for these important videos.

@HighValueWriting 4 месяца назад

Hi Jeffrey, thanks so much for your kind feedback. And agreed: I think often, the more schooling we've had, the harder the struggle for concision. Thanks for sharing!

@bufordghoons9981 10 месяцев назад

I misheard "To be verbs" as "Two beavers".

@HighValueWriting 10 месяцев назад

Lol! "As long as you don't have two beavers, your sentence will be concise." Heehee!

@Librarian_Dude 8 месяцев назад

🤣

@newishwavemusic 4 месяца назад

😂

@countvlad8845 10 месяцев назад

So Hamlet says to himself, “To Be or... ugh, I have to get rid of that 'To Be' expression or whatever it is... a VERB? Is 'To Be' a verb in this case? It's all words, words, words to me. Bah, where is me bodkin!”

@HighValueWriting 10 месяцев назад

😜 Exactly! lol. Thanks for your comment, Count Vlad!

@lukaschumchal7797 27 дней назад

This is a biggest problem in my writing, talking and communication. Thank you for this . 😊😊

@HighValueWriting 27 дней назад

Wonderful; so glad to hear it was helpful, Lukas!

@HaneenAhmed-qm4ff Год назад

Very helpful tips!

@gnugen Год назад

Agreed, leading with who and what has helped me be less wordy.

@erinlebacqz5507 Год назад

Glad you are finding these helpful! 🌼

@HighValueWriting Год назад

Glad to hear it, thanks!

@HighValueWriting Год назад

That's great; leading with that info helps reduce fluff for sure.

@HighValueWriting Год назад

🤩

@Yourgirljess 5 месяцев назад

This was great, thank you!

@HighValueWriting 5 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it, Jessica! Thanks for your comment. :)

@nsp74 Год назад

writing=כתיבה

@HighValueWriting Год назад

Thank you Joenette for the translation info! :)

@newishwavemusic 10 месяцев назад

Hi friends-A few of you have asked for a version of this video without music. This other High-Value Writing video covers some similar content to this one, but without music. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-B6GMZ7-t7tI.html

@HighValueWriting 10 месяцев назад

Focus on those visual verbs!

@mdazim08 10 месяцев назад

Subscribed!! :)

@newishwavemusic 10 месяцев назад

Welcome! 🎉

@HighValueWriting 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for being here at the HVW channel!

@Christopher_HVW 10 месяцев назад

That's great, thank you!

@pervaizyaseeni8937 24 дня назад

Excellent, thank you so much for sharing useful ideas.

@HighValueWriting 24 дня назад

You are so welcome!

@robertsantana3261 Год назад

I love your videos, Erin. But PLEASE lose the music. (Or lower it) It distracts.

@HighValueWriting Год назад

Thanks for your comment, Robert, and we agreed: You'll find the later videos lose the music. Cheers!

@user-pk7dr9dv9f 3 месяца назад

Thanks a lot for useful content. Just one question: What if the first sentence has no person, it is about abstract idea. Should such sentences still be in active voice?

@HighValueWriting 3 месяца назад

Hi Zafar, thanks for your excellent question! You are so right that many sentences include abstract subjects, and that this can make using active voice a bit different. I have a few ideas to share: - In some cases, it could be best to transform a sentence with an abstract subject into one with a concrete subject. For example, instead of "It was shared that we have a new schedule" can become "Management shared our new schedule." Or "There were many ways the decision impacted the community" can become "The decision impacted the community in many ways" or "The community benefited (if they did) from the decision." - In other cases, an abstract concept can stand in for a subject and can still be active. For example, "Education helps provide people with more choices" or "Equity is the goal." - It's also ok to use passive in cases where that would help you convey the meaning you want to. For example, even though "Erin ate all the cookies" is clear and active, it could be more polite to say "The cookies were finished," which also keeps your focus on the cookies, which might be the most important thing in that reader's mind. LMK what you think! :) Cheers, Erin

@user-pk7dr9dv9f 3 месяца назад

@@HighValueWriting Hi Erin, thanks a lot for your reply. I fully agree. Bringing abstract noun as subject and explaining how it benefits people is useful. You explained us how to achieve flow within a paragraph and across several paragraphs. Do you have some tips on how to start introductions in academic writing (scholarly articles)? In the field of academic writing the first opening paragraph is often considered the hardest to write. On the one hand if you write detailed opening, it feels like you are starting from the middle, on the other hand if you open with too broad par, it also feels reader unable to expect what the author could say next. I hope i could explain this struggle of mine. Hope to hear some tips from you. Thanks a lot.

@HighValueWriting 3 месяца назад

Hi Zafar, thanks for your reply! :) You are so right about the academic essay introduction. We have a lot to balance! Trying to be specific, yet applied, etc. We do have this video actually! See what you think and LMK if you have questions! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vxVyoYAPyOc.html

@ishaklala2534 10 месяцев назад

Could to please make videos , with no music when you speak.

@HighValueWriting 10 месяцев назад

Hi Ishak, thank you for your comment, and we agree with you: We have stopped using music in the videos while Erin's talking. :) This video covers some similar topics, but is more recent and doesn't have the music: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-B6GMZ7-t7tI.html

@PlankyplaysYT Месяц назад

great video but the background music is a bit to loud I missed out on a bit of information

@HighValueWriting Месяц назад

Hi @PlankyplaysYT, thanks for checking out our video! I agree, and we've moved away from the music since. You might enjoy this updated video that covers similar strategies but with no music: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-B6GMZ7-t7tI.html. Cheers!

@HighValueWriting 2 месяца назад

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@lilianaespinoza7349 4 месяца назад

🎉

@HighValueWriting 4 месяца назад

Thanks Liliana! :)

@lovutube1231 10 месяцев назад

The hacks you describe are good - BUT- the music in the background ---I give you an overall F for the video. Why would want distraction --with that music in the background. Have you been to the library (lol)---total silence !!!!!!

@HighValueWriting 10 месяцев назад

Hi Alex, this video covers much of the same content with no music: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-B6GMZ7-t7tI.html. You'll find the music is gone from our videos after the first three or so.

@Librarian_Dude 10 месяцев назад

I'd suggest that you always wear earphones when watching RU-vid videos in a library. Even without the music, you would still hear her speaking (lol)!!!!! So, I give your comment an overall F for speaking before thinking, and being unnecessarily rude.

@gnugen 10 месяцев назад

@@Librarian_Dude Great point Arnold, thanks. I enjoy the music.

@erinlebacqz5507 10 месяцев назад

Great idea to use headphones; thanks, Librarian Dude.