Communication & Storytelling

Make ideas land, and stick

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Novice

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Plain-language writing (Orwell)

Short word over long. Active over passive. Cut a word if you can.

Definition

A small set of rules for writing prose that resists jargon, vagueness, and political fog, summarised in George Orwell's six rules.

Step 1

In one or two sentences, what do you think this concept means? Wrong is fine; the small struggle is what makes the answer stick.