{"id":14598,"date":"2015-12-07T14:12:25","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T13:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/?p=14598"},"modified":"2023-07-23T15:12:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T13:12:07","slug":"write-concisely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/academic-writing\/write-concisely\/","title":{"rendered":"How to write more concisely"},"content":{"rendered":"
Concise writing presents ideas clearly and does not use more words than are truly necessary. Conciseness is an important characteristic of academic writing<\/a>, especially given how complex the subject matter frequently is.<\/p>\n Two of the biggest enemies of concise writing are inflated phrases<\/strong> and redundancies<\/strong>. It\u2019s easy to think that using more complicated-sounding phrases will give your text a more academic feel, but mostly it just makes it harder to follow.<\/p>\n Using the below strategies will make your writing not only tighter, but also more effective.<\/p>\n One of the simplest ways to make your writing more concise is to avoid \u201cinflated\u201d phrases that use several words where just one or two would be sufficient.<\/p>\nAvoid inflated phrases<\/h2>\n