David Williams Concision Summary
Lesson 9: Concision
Williams ninth lesson covering concision enhances the students’ skill of clarity. Williams demonstrates through the chapter how over use of wording or redundant statements creates confusion for the reader. Williams establishes that clear and precise writing match characters to the proper action verbs (126). Williams again utilizes effective reputational exercises to teach his points. Williams starts the lesson showing how using “each and every” reads redundantly to the audience (127).
William defines his terminology concision equals compression of the sentence for clarity (127). Williams uses six labor intensive principles in his sentence compression process reducing the documents size (127). Williams reveals that replacing a phrase in the sentence with a word reduces redundancy (129). He also shows that using ideas …show more content…
Williams explains the usefulness of “metadiscourse” when intensifying or hedging a sentence, but too often inexperienced writers over use them (135). Williams emphasizes his point on “metadiscourse” usefulness to writers when not improperly used (137). Williams says, “Readers don’t like flab” he believes that readers want substance in their reading not just “bone and grilse” (139). He explains that writing needs to read easy yet not so tough it discourages the reader (139).
Williams instructs that during the revision process for the writer to “cut to the bone” of the sentence (140). He clarifies that by following this process the writer will make the document extra clear and concise to the reader (140). Williams warns against creating the document to concise (140). He explains that by doing this the reader will scrutinize the writers as terse or abrupt (140). Williams finishes the lesson that writers need more than concision to write gracefully and to use it to “clear away deadwood” in the writing for clarity
Williams ninth lesson covering concision enhances the students’ skill of clarity. Williams demonstrates through the chapter how over use of wording or redundant statements creates confusion for the reader. Williams establishes that clear and precise writing match characters to the proper action verbs (126). Williams again utilizes effective reputational exercises to teach his points. Williams starts the lesson showing how using “each and every” reads redundantly to the audience (127).
William defines his terminology concision equals compression of the sentence for clarity (127). Williams uses six labor intensive principles in his sentence compression process reducing the documents size (127). Williams reveals that replacing a phrase in the sentence with a word reduces redundancy (129). He also shows that using ideas …show more content…
Williams explains the usefulness of “metadiscourse” when intensifying or hedging a sentence, but too often inexperienced writers over use them (135). Williams emphasizes his point on “metadiscourse” usefulness to writers when not improperly used (137). Williams says, “Readers don’t like flab” he believes that readers want substance in their reading not just “bone and grilse” (139). He explains that writing needs to read easy yet not so tough it discourages the reader (139).
Williams instructs that during the revision process for the writer to “cut to the bone” of the sentence (140). He clarifies that by following this process the writer will make the document extra clear and concise to the reader (140). Williams warns against creating the document to concise (140). He explains that by doing this the reader will scrutinize the writers as terse or abrupt (140). Williams finishes the lesson that writers need more than concision to write gracefully and to use it to “clear away deadwood” in the writing for clarity