Control + F and get rid of as many instances of "this", "these", "there", and "those" as you can. Be specific not vague. Be active more often than passive.
May 8, 2024

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Next time you write something, look back at it after 24 hours. Try to change any Latinisms to simpler, more Germanic words. (Change ‘fortunate’ to ‘lucky’, for example). Try to change passive verbs to active (‘we threw the rock’ vs ‘the rock was thrown’). If the word or phrase would be used in a corporate setting, get rid of it (‘in terms of’, ‘circle back’, ‘action items’ can be changed to ‘about’/’regarding’, ‘come back to this’, ‘things to do’ etc. Hope this stuff isn’t too obvious and is perhaps a little helpful.
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People have all sorts of self-editing tactics—reading out loud, triple-checking not to use the passive voice—so I'll add one to the mix. If you're writing an e-mail or other business missive and feel like it's leaning too heavily on corporate jargon, try running it through the creepy Chiller font.
Jan 24, 2024
it's time to heal the part of your inner chid that hardcore studied for spelling bees because they were so bad at spelling... in fact just turn off autocorrect all together, very liberating
Jan 20, 2024

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