Step 4
Write transparently

• Write sentences that you reader can read once and understand

• Keep it simple

• Write as though you are talking to a friend

• Trim the fat

• Use the active voice--find the true subject and the true verb

  • The final results of the test will be verified by quality control.

  • Quality control will verify the test results.

• Remove adjectives

  • The basic fundamentals are simple.

  • The fundamentals are simple.

• Remove redundancies

• Fill to capacity.

• Fill.

• Find one word

  • In the unlikely possibility that

  • If

• Remove or rephrase prepositions and prepositional phrases

  • You should free up the spindle before spinning.

  • Free the spindle before spinning.

• Use a prefix (but don't make one up)

  • If you don't spell the word correctly

  • If you misspell the word

• Use a shorter word

  • Oil the blunkard to facilitate removal.

  • Oil the blunkard to ease removal.

• Remove or rephrase adverbs

  • Tighten the screw thoroughly.

  • Tighten the screw.

• Don't use simply or utilize.

  Please don't.

• Do leave in the the's and the a's.

  • Pull lever.

  • Pull the lever.

• Use flow charts

• Draw the information and use callouts