{"id":13753,"date":"2019-11-01T04:28:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T08:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/?p=13753"},"modified":"2020-09-29T06:29:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T10:29:35","slug":"how-do-action-verbs-strengthen-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2019\/11\/how-do-action-verbs-strengthen-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Write about people doing things"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>To cut your syllable count, make subjects characters<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cIt is good to write clearly,\u201d wrote Joseph M. Williams, \u201cand anyone can.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21943\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21943\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2019\/11\/how-do-action-verbs-strengthen-writing\/how-do-action-verbs-strengthen-writing\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/how-do-action-verbs-strengthen-writing.png\" data-orig-size=\"600,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"how-do-action-verbs-strengthen-writing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Just do it Take these tips for making your message active from the Little Red Schoolhouse. 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Image by Halfpoint &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/how-do-action-verbs-strengthen-writing-300x150.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/how-do-action-verbs-strengthen-writing.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/how-do-action-verbs-strengthen-writing.png\" alt=\"How do action verbs strengthen writing\" title=\"How do action verbs strengthen writing\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/how-do-action-verbs-strengthen-writing.png 600w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/how-do-action-verbs-strengthen-writing-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Just do it<\/strong> Take these tips for making your message active from the Little Red Schoolhouse. <em>Image by Halfpoint<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Williams developed \u201cThe Little Red Schoolhouse\u201d writing course at the University of Chicago. The course focused on writing clear sentences, cohesive paragraphs and graceful pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Make your content marketing pieces, intranet articles, email newsletters and other stories clearer and more interesting by following these three tips from Little Red Schoolhouse:<\/p>\n<h3>1. Write about people doing things.<\/h3>\n<p>Think of your sentences as stories with clearly identifiable characters acting concretely.<\/p>\n<p><em>No<\/em>: <\/p>\n<h5>\u201cIts failure could affect vehicle directional control, particularly during heavy brake application.\u201d<\/h5>\n<p><em>Yes<\/em>: <\/p>\n<h5>\u201cYou won\u2019t be able to steer when you put on the brakes.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h3>2. 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