The Source of Bad Writing

“The ‘curse of knowledge’ leads writers to assume their readers know everything they know.

“Why is so much writing so bad? Why is it so hard to understand a government form, or an academic article or the instructions for setting up a wireless home network?”

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-cause-of-bad-writing-1411660188

Handout I made based on this article:

Handout The Source of Bad Writing


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