Far from being cold or brusque, clarity of language shows confidence in your message and helps others align with your vision.

In one of my recent writing training sessions, a participant bemoaned the amount of back-and-forth correspondence caused by her unclear emails. She worked at a major utility and was responsible for ...

Larry Smith, founder of the online magazine SMITH, and Rachel Fershleiser are the co-editors of "Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure." Read/submit memoirs at ...

When you speak and write, there is no law that says you have to use big words. Short words are as good as long ones, and short, old words — like sun and grass and home — are best of all. A lot of ...

Whether you identify as one or not, everyone is a writer. Between social networks, dating profiles, blogs, and the day-to-day tasks of most jobs, writing is an essential skill. In How to Write Short, ...