A Simple Trick to Instantly Boost Your Writing Clarity

It’s not just what you say.

It's not even how you say it.

Clear writing is all about where you say it.

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The way you organize information has a huge impact on the clarity of your writing.

E.g., Imagine you're sharing temperature readings taken over time.

You could present them like this:

t=15’, T=32°C; t=0’, T=25°C; t=6’, T=29°C; t=3’, T=27°C; t=12’, T=32°C; t=9’, T=31°C

Or, you could put them into a table:

Time (min) Temperature (°C)
0 25
3 27
6 29
9 31
12 32
15 32

Which one’s easier to understand? It's pretty obvious.

But watch what happens if we flip the columns around, putting temperature first: