Sentences and style

Writing concisely involves using the most accurate words possible to explain your idea. Concise writing also avoids wordiness.

• Qualities of Academic Writing (Royal Roads University, 8:02 section of Introduction to Academic Writing video)
• Simplify Your Writing to Make it More Effective (PowerPoint presentation) 
• Hemingway Editor (Provides automated feedback on text; draft and/or edit text within the tool)
• Wordiness, Wordiness, Wordiness (G. Kim Blank, University of Victoria; a comprehensive list of words/expressions to be avoided with suggested replacements)
• Zombie Nouns (Helen Sword via The New York Times Opinionator)
• Beware of Nominalizations (AKA Zombie Nouns) (Helen Sword, Ted-Ed video)
• Writer's Diet Test (Helen Sword; an automated tool that will generate feedback on sentence-level conciseness in 100-1000 words of text)
• Principles of Writing: How to Avoid Wordiness (Chelsea Lee, APA Style Blog)