Knowledge

Body Build Your Writing

Documents are like bodies. They have bones, muscles, and skin.

The bones are the structure, the muscles are the ideas, and the skin is the style.

Bones must be strong, but hardly apparent. A body where bones are visible is not very sexy. So, don’t make your structure too explicit. Don’t say “this is my introduction, this is the first part...". Show the flesh, not the bones.

Muscles must be powerful. You must have powerful ideas.

Antoine Henry de Frahan | 29 May 2007 |