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"Legal Writing: Making the Complex, Simple"

Posted by Evan Schaeffer: "He wasn't a legal writer, but Raymond Carver had something important to say about expressing complex ideas in a simple manner:

When something feels complex or complicated to you, write it out carefully and thoughtfully, several different times if necessary, until it flows smoothly and expresses exactly what you want it to communicate and nothing else.

Carver's tip appeared in a letter to his daughter. The quote is pulled from a post about Carver at Mark Athitakis' American Fiction Notes.

Related posts:

1. "Legal Writing: Is Shorter Really Better?"

2. "Writing Tip: When You're Stuck, Pretend You're Writing a Letter"

The active links are available at the source site listed below.

Source: The Trial Practice Tips Weblog, 11 August 2009

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on August 12, 2009 (boomark / email).