1. Put yourself in the reader's shoes. Imagine getting your email in the midst of all the other emails they get, all the other things they're thinking about, al

1. Put yourself in the reader's shoes. Imagine getting your email in the midst of all the other emails they get, all the other things they're thinking about, all the other problems, in and out of work, that they might be dealing with. 2. Read The Elements of Style, by William Strunk and E. B. White (< 100 pages). 3. Read the first several chapters of On Writing Well, by William Zinnser (< 100 pages). (Don't like reading? Oh :)