What is Clear Writing?

Clear writing communicates information so most people can easily understand the content the first time they read it.

The following page, Fifteen Tips to Clear Writing is a handy reference that helps ensure your writing is clear and understandable. Most experienced writers consider their intended reading audience. For example, if you are writing to subject matter experts, you adjust your information, examples, and reading level to accommodate their pre-existing knowledge. As another example, if you are writing to a Grade 6 reading audience, you adjust your information, examples, and sentence lengths to accommodate their reading level.