I've been working on reducing the habit of repetition. I think it comes from (feeling like) people not listening to you. Some things that have helped me: - ca

I've been working on reducing the habit of repetition. I think it comes from (feeling like) people not listening to you. Some things that have helped me: - care less that people listen to you (see also: The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A Fuck). If they didn't get you the first time, their loss. - Keep in mind that repeating points doesn't actually help most listeners, as you're just overloading them with information. (for advanced writers only: there's an art to repeating points for reader memorization) - Remove a random sentence. Does your point still make sense? Then the sentence wasn't crucial. Does it not make sense anymore? Then can you add a qualifier or clause to another sentence to make sense again? Counter to this: make your sentences as short as possible. Be liberal in splitting your sentences. Iterate these two steps. - Remove adjectives and adverbs - (always valid) review what you wrote 5, 10 minutes, and/or a day later. It's fascinating how a bit of distance makes you realize the flaws in your past writing. When you're writing, you still have your idea clear in your head, and your understanding of what you wrote is informed by the live idea. After you step away, you're left with just what you wrote, and it must make sense on its own. Addendum: are you feeling that people aren't listening to you because they're not acknowledging you? Many people are bad at acknowledging what they hear, so learn to do without. Conversely, learn to acknowledge what someone else is saying ;)