# Writing well - Page: https://shared.btbytes.com/p/writing-well - Date: 2025-08-03 Writing well comes to down to holding the reader's attention. - Make sentences flow from one to another, make sure the reader is [never surprised](https://grantslatton.com/how-to-design-document), anticipate objections - Edit, and edit again. Remove all fluff. Use [short sentences](https://www.btbytes.com/book/Several-Short-Sentences-About-Writing). Read your own writing with a "red pen" - Delete anything that makes you pause and go back and look around for clues. - Practice #writing. Make your own opportunities to write by [putting your name on it](https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/16/documenting/)... "You can have an unreasonable amount of influence by being the person who _writes stuff down_". - Writing well starts with writing stuff down. ---- Couple of points from CS Lewis advice on writing, I liked: 1. Write with the ear, not the eye 2. Write what interests you 3. Don't use words (or phrases, or sentences, or paragraphs) you don't understand -- say no to Copy-Pasting.