Clear writing
Writing is thinking
- The fuzzy idea dies on the page
- If the paragraph is long, the thought is not done
- Delete the throat-clearing
Write for the person who was not in the room
- Names, not pronouns
- Decision, then context
- Links to the thing, not "as discussed"
Notes beat memory
- Slack is not an archive
- Future you is a stranger
- One short doc prevents ten meetings
Tone can be human
- Direct is not rude
- Jargon is not intelligence
- Say the quiet risk out loud