Speak and Write Better

INTRODUCTION

Everyone is wasting a part of their life saying or writing obvious things, using more words than necessary, and repeating things. This book shows you how to express yourself using only the most concise needed words so that, speaking at your normal speed, you can communicate faster and save 20% of the time you now use when you speak, and it will show you how you can also write in 80% of the time you now use to write.

WORDY CONCISE RATIO

anything except for .............. anything but ................... 19:2

despite the fact that ............. though ............................. 5:1

did not have any ................... had no ............................. 4:2

do not have to ....................... need not .......................... 4:1

does not have any ................. lacks ................................ 5:1

due to the fact that .............. because ........................... 5:2

for fear that .......................... lest ................................... 3:1

if I would have known ......... had I known .................... 21:11

if it weren't for ...................... but for.............................. 5:2

impact ................................... hit .................................... 2:1

in what other way ................ how else .......................... 17:8

spoke quietly ........................ whispered........................ 2:2

To make anything you wrote concise, do the "Three Easy Steps."

THE THREE EASY STEPS

1) Look at each word in your draft and ask yourself:

"Do I need that word to make my message work?"

If you don't need it, delete it!

2) If you see a long word you think you can replace with

a short synonym, find it in this Microsoft Word by

right-clicking the word, selecting "Synonyms,"

and choosing the best one.

3) If you see that you wrote the same idea more than

once, delete the other instances.