Section 1: Introduction

1 The World Of Elite Writing

2 The Secret Sauce Of Flair

Section 2: Simplicity
3 Economy
4 Repetition
5 Overcomplicating Things
6 Plainer Is Better
7 Too Much Information
8 Redundant Words
9 Overstretching Thoughts
10 Active Versus Passive
11 Reversing Into Sentences
12 Unnecessary Ceremony

Section 3: Clarity
13 Fuzzy Thinking
14 Jargon
15 Ambiguity
16 Crisp Distinctions
17 Removing Clutter
18 Mixing Tenses
19 Misplaced Modifiers
20 Curly Sentences
21 This And That
22 "It" Versus "They"

Section 4: Elegance
23 House Style
24 Unsightly Widows
25 Pristine Paragraphs
26 Word Echos
27 Alternative Words
28 Parallel Ideas
29 Narrative Elegance

Section 5: Conclusion
30 Conclusion

Section 6: Elite Writer's Checklist

31 Checklist