Clear writing
How to Cut Unnecessary Words from Your Writing
Nothing about the meaning changed.
Just this:
"have the ability to result in a reduction of"
became
"could slow."
That's the easiest way I know to improve writing.
Not by reaching for bigger words.
By deleting the ones you don't need.
The pattern shows up everywhere.
- made a decision → decided
- performed an analysis → analyzed
- due to the fact that → because
- prior to → before
- at this point in time → now
Most first drafts confuse readers not because the ideas are bad.
They confuse readers because the ideas are buried.
Every extra phrase makes the reader work a little harder.
One phrase doesn't matter.
A hundred do.
That's what I'm building.
Not an AI that writes for you.
An AI editor that redlines the clutter.
One unnecessary phrase at a time.