On Writing Well 1/15/14

The first two chapters in "On Writing Well" discuss how writing can be different for everyone. Some people find it very easy and others find it very hard. This is ok because everyone writes differently. The key to writing is to simplify what you are writing. Take out words or phrases that do not need to be there and make your writing as simple and concise as it can be. The reader will have an easier time understanding you and will be more interested in what you have to talk about. Otherwise the readers, that have an attention span of 30 seconds, will become bored with the writing and may even fall asleep. But, if the writing is simplified and easy for the reader to comprehend, the effect will be opposite. Those readers with short attention spans will become more interested and will stay interested throughout your piece of writing.