Concisionwriting.com supports writing by researchers, academics, development professionals, and students:
- Writing resources has links to selected open-access online resources, including dictionaries and style guides.
- The blog ActiveVoice has articles on a range of topics, including common writing problems, ‘did you know?’ items and research results relevant to technical and scholarly writing.
- Consultancy services in editing, writing and translation are available to anyone needing prompt expert support with research papers, theses, grant and project proposals, reports and other documents.
Why ‘concision’?
Concise writing expresses efficiently what needs to be expressed — a characteristic of good writing. Our domain name recognizes the special importance of concision in much academic writing, from journal articles to grant proposal formats, with their stringent word and character limits. In concise writing, lack of clarity, poor structure or other defects have nowhere to hide. Concision is unforgiving; it impels the writer towards higher standards of writing.