With wordiness in your content, it is like sleeping with the enemy. Remove it at the earliest if you have any intentions of becoming a good writer.

1. Reducing Wordiness in Your
Content: A Quick But Complete
Guide
(Even SEO Recommends it!)
Presented by write2rich.com website

2. “Some people talk too much
without saying a lot.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

3. What is Wordiness?
Wordiness simply means –
More words than necessary to deliver your
intent to the reader

4. Other Names For Wordiness
Some other names for
wordiness are –
•Verbosity
•Prolixity
•Redundancy
•Garrulity
•Tautology
•Wordage
•Windiness
•Periphrasis

5. Types of Wordiness
• Redundancy: In addition to wordiness it also encompasses
extra, useless information, unwanted text and the like.
• Prolixity: Addition of so many intricacies as will be beyond the
scope of the write-up.
• Verbosity: Generally entails use of bombastic words and long
sentences.
• Tautology: Unnecessary repetition of points in your content.
Other synonyms may fall in any one of these types

6. Wordiness – Not Good For Bloggers
Particularly, it is not suitable for bloggers because
• They have to deliver their point straight.
• Too many words blur the intent.
• Unwanted words deviate attention, delay conclusion.
• Blog readers seek value, else click & fly away.
• Wordiness causes useless strain on eyes and brain

7. Tips to reduce Wordiness or
Redundancy
Try any, some or all of the following changes:
• Remove unnecessary words with similar meaning
• Split Long sentences into short ones
• Change high sounding words to simpler ones
• Change direct narration to indirect
• Change passive voice to active

8. Examples of Wordiness or
Verboseness
Observe this sentence:
To my utter surprise, I found from the statistical data in his
computer that he had accumulated most of his wealth by way of
compounding the small chunks of money he had earned while he
was quite young. (38 words)
Look how I can write it in a simple way:
His computer records revealed that he had used compounding on
his petty earnings of the youth to amass most of his wealth. (22
words)

9. Examples of Wordiness or
Verboseness
Another example:
It has been my experience that you need a small quantity of toil
accompanied with a little bit of grit and a pinch of luck to achieve
success. (28 words)
The simpler substitute:
I have experienced that little bits of toil, grit and luck can make you
successful. (15 words)

10. Check Your Old Posts for Wordiness
It’s high time you checked your old, failed blog
posts for wordiness and cut the extra fat making
them crispier because even
On-page SEO & Readability recommend cutting
wordiness.

11. GOOD BYE
See You Soon
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