Cognitive overload can be alarming. Too much information can be difficult to process and lead to an unsatisfying experience, whether it is reading an academic paper or an email. The more verbiage you ...

Earlier this fall a headline in The Atlantic caught my eye. “The Needless Complexity of Academic Writing,” it said. Promising enough on its own, but there was also a subhead: “A new movement strives ...

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Writing is hard. That’s why the Howe Center exists, both to provide support for students through the Howe Writing Center and to offer services and resources to faculty through the Howe Writing Across ...

“Somewhere between the old-fashioned, first-grade prose of ‘See Spot; see Spot run’ and the meanderings of Moby Dick, the art of concise writing has foundered,” argued Linda Grist Cunningham, editor ...

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It's a dilemma that most journalists face at one time or another: too much information, too little space. Being concise without giving readers only bare-bones news coverage is important for reporters ...