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Ernest Hemingway: The Art of Talented Writing
- SixSigma 10y agoCoincidentally I use the Hemingway App to de-complexify my academic writing. My work is in the top 1% of my cohort. http://www.hemingwayapp.com/ http://www.hemingwayapp.com/ Orwell also has some great things to say on the subject. http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit/ http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit... His six rules are : * Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. * Never use a long word where a short one will do * If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out. * Never use the passive where you can use the active. * Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent. * Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous. The only downside is now when I'm reading other people's academic papers I have to work harder to stop thinking about the writing style rather than the content.