Clarity means your reader understands you on the first read. Precision means you said exactly what you meant.
Most writing fails at one or both. It’s vague, bloated, or tangled in unnecessary complexity. The reader has to work too hard to extract meaning.
The fix: Say what you mean in the fewest words that preserve full meaning. Choose specific verbs over weak ones propped up by adverbs. Replace abstract concepts with concrete examples.
Don’t write “The implementation of the initiative was facilitated.” Write “We launched the program.”
Precision respects the reader’s time. Clarity respects their intelligence.
What’s one sentence you wrote recently that you could make clearer or more precise?