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Fuzzy thinking

Fuzzy thinking

From the course: Writing with Flair: How to Become an Exceptional Writer

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Fuzzy thinking

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- Now, one of the main things that stands in the way of clarity in your writing is quite simply, fuzzy thinking. By fuzzy thinking, I mean you aren't really clear or sure about what it is that you're tying to say. And when you're not really clear about the idea you're trying to get across, and then you leave a fuzzy idea in your writing, it's likely going to muddy up and cloud everything else that follows. Now, the trouble is that sometimes an idea doesn't fall onto your page with perfect clarity. In that case, you have to polish the idea up and make sure it's as clear as it can be before you publish or submit whatever it is that you've written. Now, we've already seen the many things that you can do to simplify your ideas. And later, we're going to learn about how to add the other two ingredients to your writing, elegance and evocativeness, to make it even stronger, and even prettier. But, I want you to understand that before you can do any of those things, effectively, you've got to…

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