The Most Important Tip for Writing

Please enjoy this post written by guest author by Noah Larsen!

The ability to write well is a wonderful and useful skill to have. Whether you are writing for school, to relieve stress, or to land a job, the ability to properly write is important.

As you write your paper, the primary thought that should be running through your head is “How will this impact my audience?” Your audience could be a professor, a colleague, or a boss. Making sure that your audience understands the purpose of your paper is vital to get your point across. As writers, we must cater our papers to our audience.

How can we do this?

One simple tip is to not use jargon. Jargon is vocabulary understood by a select group of people due to their education or field of work. The best alternative to using jargon is to rephrase the word into a more common phrase. One could also provide the definition of the word within your paper if they find that specific word is necessary to get their point across.

A tip specifically for college papers is to keep the language simple. It is important to use vocabulary properly; intentionally stuffing your paper with large words for the sake of effect is often bad for your grade. Professors do not need to see how many words you can list from a dictionary, they are interested in learning what you have studied.

I would recommend proof-reading your paper after it is complete to search for jargon and unnecessarily difficult vocabulary.

Good luck and enjoy writing!

Noah Larson