Tools: Tips for Making Writing Easier, Part 3: Focus on Your Key Message

Part 3: Focus on Your Key Message To focus your message on what you are trying to say, put your main thought in the main parts of the sentence: the subject, verb, and object. Say your sentences to yourself before you write them down. Choose the best words and place them in the most readable order, with key words at the end of each sentence, where they get the most emphasis. Yogi Berra is famous for saying "When you come to a fork in the road, take it" (not "Take a fork in the road when you come to it.") Don't just trust your voice -- use it.