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Learn the fundamentals of clear, plain-language writing: write for the reader, use short direct sentences, plain words, good structure, and ruthless editing.
Plain-language techniques used by editors of memos, proposals, and disclosures. Substitution tables, layering, and a two-minute self-test.
Separate structural, line, and proof edits the way working journalists do. Checks, timings, and a worked example that trims a memo in half.
