Writing in Plain Language
From the LinkedIn course, they said to write like you’re the person reading it. That means thinking about what they know and need to know, and not using tricky words. Writing simply and clearly is very important when making professional documents. It’s the top priority because it makes things easy to understand. When you use plain language, people can read your documents without struggling with hard words or confusing sentences. This is super important at work where people are busy, and some may not know all the technical stuff. For example, if you are an analyst talking with an executive and you give them a report with a lot of numbers and confusing information, that executive will not take you seriously and will leave the room. Executives do not have the time to read the entire report and want to grasp the information quickly and easily.