{"id":578,"date":"2010-07-13T12:03:27","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T18:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/?p=578"},"modified":"2020-11-25T10:17:05","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T16:17:05","slug":"become-a-better-writer-instantly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/effective-writing\/become-a-better-writer-instantly\/","title":{"rendered":"Become a Better Writer Instantly, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you drive your car, there are laws you must follow. Well, there are also \u201claws\u201d or criteria for writing effectively. Enhance your credibility and professional image instantly by paying attention to these criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>State the main point clearly, right at the beginning<\/li>\n<li>Organize information logically<\/li>\n<li>Leave out unnecessary information<\/li>\n<li>Use short sentences and paragraphs<\/li>\n<li>Eliminate unnecessary words<\/li>\n<li>Include all necessary information<\/li>\n<li>Use active, precise language and plain English<\/li>\n<li>Use correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Data show that people won\u2019t read your document if it\u2019s not presented clearly and that you have only about <em>fifteen seconds<\/em> to get someone\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n<p>This tip was contributed by WriteItWell.com, your editing partner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you drive your car, there are laws you must follow. Well, there are also \u201claws\u201d or criteria for writing effectively. Enhance your credibility and professional image instantly by paying attention to these criteria: State the main point clearly, right at the beginning Organize information logically Leave out unnecessary information Use short sentences and paragraphs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-effective-writing"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}