Writing Clearly Overview

Clear writing is:

Knowledgeable

Well-researched—uses peer-reviewed, current sources
Accurate—careful about facts
Felicitous—appropriate to the occasion, audience-aware

Correct

Verb-subject agreement
Grammatically correct sentences
Spelling
Punctuation
Word choice

Concise

Free of unneeded words

Good Storytelling

Beginning, middle, end

Agents and Actions

Helps you understand who is doing what

Cohesive

Sentences flow from one to another

Coherent

Topics in a passage relate to each other readily