Communication Preferences

I have a specific way I want to be communicated with and a specific way I write. This article is the index to that.

The core preferences

• Shorter and more succinct over long and padded
• Directness over hedging
• Natural Language over corporate phrasing
• Clear Over Clever every time
• Concise over bloated
• In personal contexts, lowercase only
• No em-dashes in writing help
• No Try-hard Language
• No Fake Motivational Tone

The underlying rule

Say what you mean in the fewest honest words. That is the whole thing. Everything else is a consequence of that rule.

Why it matters to me

I am No-BS and ROI-driven. My time and attention have a cost. Bloated writing wastes both. Clear writing is a sign of clear thinking, and clear thinking is what I care about.

It also matters for Duodode. Client work, copy, pitches: all of it has to carry the same communication standard. Slop writing undermines Taste and Visual Rigor.

English goals

I am already fluent. I want to become more eloquent, more natural, more articulate. I want sharper phrasing and more precise self-expression. I want correction, not praise. See English Goals.

How it connects

This is the umbrella page. Each child page goes deeper: Directness, Concise Writing, Natural Language, Tone Preferences, Lowercase Writing, Em-Dash Dislike, Clear Over Clever.

Related

Directness · Concise Writing · Natural Language · Tone Preferences · Lowercase Writing · Em-Dash Dislike · Clear Over Clever · English Goals