Technology gives us the ability to post and retrieve information in a jiffy. But, too often, the pearls of wisdom are buried in mountains of unnecessary sentences.
As tempting as it may be to whip out a draft and send it flying across the internet, don’t do it. Your communications will be more powerful, and more clearly understood, if you learn a few tricks used by writers and editors to keep readers from being “sentenced” to death.
3 Tips for Editing and Minding your Words:
- Cut Transitions. Get rid of phrases like, “for instance.” Just state your example.
- Shorten Sentences. Dividing rambling thoughts into smaller, simpler sentences results in crisper expression.
- Helper Verbs Don’t Help. Use the present tense whenever possible. Examine every may, or might, or other “helpers” for relevance and necessity.
The Law of Attraction
The Law of Attraction says those things on which we dwell—and particularly those things that come out of our mouths—become our reality. Every thought we think is a “sentence” we impose on ourselves.
It’s cool that we can choose whether we sentence ourselves to positivism or negativity… and when you put it that way, who would consciously choose the latter?
As Mike Dooley of Tut.com says: Thoughts Become Things… Choose the Good Ones!