1. Write Tight How to Make Your Writing More Concise and Precise

2. Why Are You Here? What do you hope to gain from this seminar?

3. A Bit About Me

4. Why Write Tight? Share your message Engage your audience Be clear If you have the facts, your story writes itself

5. How to Write Tight Keep it simple Avoid unnecessary words –Such as… Very Sort of A bit

6. How to Write Tight Dodge clichés –This includes: In the middle of nowhere Between a rock and a hard place The end of the line

7. How to Write Tight Keep your paragraphs short Use commas sparingly Cut the clutter Know your audience

8. Writing Exercise What do you plan to do after you graduate? Answer: –In a paragraph –In a sentence –In a tweet

9. Final Thoughts Half of writing is re-writing Write Re-Write Repeat

10. And finally…. Any questions?