Clarity, Part 2

In this post I will be examining the convention presented in the Clarity section of the Rules for Writers.

Parallel Ideas: This is a great way to be more clearer in your sentences. Parallel ideas help you make it where the idea is very obviously laid out so that it is easy to understand and can help reinforce the overall idea. I learned that the key to this is balance in order to create the most efficient parallel idea.

 Untangle mixed constructions: Sometimes when people write their words or ideas come out very jumbled and thus their sentence is difficult to understand. This was helpful in pinpointing a specific part of the sentence in order to make it more concise and thereby making the sentence easier to comprehend.

ie. Supporters of the Creative Writing MFA believe that it is beneficial in cultivating writing skills and for joining a community of passionate artists, but it is not necessary.

Emphasize key ideas: Sometimes sentences lose the focus of their focus aka the subject. This section helped reinforce the idea that the main goal of each sentence is to provide support for the overarching idea. I learned that coordination between sentences and ideas is the key to success.

Choose appropriate language: As the saying goes, "there's a time and place for everything" and this is especially true for this section. Since the QRG's are meant for the general public it's important to keep them as easy to read and understand as possible. Using complicated terms related to the controversy are okay as long as they are defined, or otherwise use a more comprehensible word.

ie. The purpose of the Creative Writing MFA (Master of Fine Arts) is to provide a safe space for passionate writers to share their thoughts and ideas and hone in their writing skills.

Before I didn't define what exactly an MFA is and so I decoded the initials and gave a brief description.

EDIT:
Going back and making changes in conjunction with the topics I wrote about was helpful in ironing out the ideas I wanted to present and how I wanted to present them. A lot of my sentences can be written in order to be more coherent and making my overarching idea stronger.

Hakoten. "Examples sentence to describe traces in linguistics." 03/14/13 via Wikipedia. Creative Commons License.