vocabulary

Smooth your reader’s journey

Provide guidance for your reader to help them to navigate smoothly through your document without losing the thread of your argument.

Use focussed tasks to turn editing from a fuzzy, depressing process into a proactive, task-based operation with clear goals.

Try to put your work aside for a few days before proofreading it.

Here's an enjoyable way to learn how the different parts of speech affect your writing style.

Use a checklist of your own bad writing habits to correct and improve your work.

To keep your writing in shape, do some reading outside your subject area for inspiration.

Words such as ‘therefore’ and ‘however’ have a specific use - make sure you are using them correctly.

Focus on using powerful, single-word verbs to make your writing more formal.

Try to avoid starting sentences with 'There is' and search for more interesting alternatives.

Tidy up your writing by eliminating clumps of short words.