How to Remove Wordiness from Your Work?

Writing is all about rewriting. Unless you revise your work and get rid of all the clutter, it is highly unlikely that your writing will make an impact. The wordiness makes for most of the clutter in a work, so it is important that you delineate and remove all the words that have no place in your work. This will not only make your writing simple and easy to understand but will also save you more space to add useful information. It is always the rewriting part that tests your writing skills. Even the seasonal writers seem to be goofing up with this task. However, by applying some simple tips, you can accomplish this task effectively.

•    Make sure that your work is free from wordiness. Having unnecessary words in your work only complicate your writing and confuse the readers. Instead of writing “Through wire transfer, you can send and receive cash at any place in the world”, you should write “Through wire transfer, you can send and receive cash anywhere”.

•    Get rid of all the unnecessary modifiers. Sometimes modifiers tend to only exaggerate the meaning of a sentence and do not describe or modify anything as such. Rather than saying “Having a daily consumption of green tea is a great way to lose weight”, it is better to describe the actual benefits of having green tea than to use a modifier.

•    Avoid using technical or complex words. Use a simpler word or phrase instead of using a technical word. Although you will need to use technical words, especially if you are writing on a technical topic, try avoiding them wherever possible unless otherwise required.

•    Keep away from using clichés. Not only they make your work sound unoriginal but sometimes also make your work questionable. Besides, they tend to elongate the sentence and make it more complicated. While some people write, “First and foremost, …” it is equally acceptable to write “firstly,…” instead .The same goes for “Last but not the least,…” which can be similarly replaced by “Lastly,…”

•    Look out for ‘out-of-place’ similes in your work. Similes can prove to be a powerful tool if used in the right context. But if used incorrectly, they will connote as clichés and will lack purpose. For example, “For a compulsive drug addict, smoking Cannabis becomes as essential as oxygen for life” is a wrong use of analogy to demonstrate effects of a drug. Using similes in such a way will only make your argument unconvincing and weaker.