Answered by Robert Zenhausern, Quora, on October 29, 2022, in the section titled, “Skilled English Writing”.
- When you are writing, you must balance showing you know the material with assuming your reader understands the material.
- If you are writing a dissertation, you must show what you know.
- If you are writing an article, assume you are writing to an informed audience, and you will write more concisely. [this is a tricky balancing act]
- Can you write so that a 12-year-old could understand the logic, if not the mechanics?
Take a 200-word summary and rewrite it in 100 words.