The article is a summary of my lessons learned from On Writing Well by William Zinsser. By providing a summary I hope to help other developers to improve their writing. Apart from that it helps me to memorize my lessons learned.
As a software engineer you will come to a point where writing matters.
The article is a summary of my lessons learned from On Writing Well by William Zinsser.
On Writing Well had topics which are easier applicable than other topics for non native speakers.
However On Writing Well had topics that were more difficult to apply.
In order to learn writing well, you cannot solely use your first draft of writing.
Otherwise take words that are as simple as possible to make your writing as clear as possible.
How to remove all the clutter regarding the last two lessons learned? Clutter is the “Disease of writing”.
Find your personal words you want to use in your writing.
Read books from people from whom you enjoy the writing.
Nouns — After verbs, plain nouns come as strong elements in your writing.
A reader will scan your writing and a reader will have it easier to follow you in short paragraphs.
Find your simple voice and make the writing effortless for your reader.
Strike things to make your writing simple and clear.
I can recommend to read the book On Writing Well by William Zinsser.
Originally published at Cogly.
