Part 1 - The Minto Pyramid Principle (Chapter 1 - Chapter 5)

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2、owmuchimprovementisthattheyassumethatwritingmoreclearlymeanswritingsimpleq,moredirectsentences.Anditisoftentruethatthesentencesintheirdocumentsareoverlongandunwieldy.Moreovettheirlanguageisfrequentlytootechnicalortooabstract,andtheirparagraphsonoccasionareawkwardlydeveloped.Buttheseareweaknesseso

3、fstyle,anditisnotoriouslydifficultforapersonwhohascompletedtheformalpartofhiseducationtochangehiswritingstyle.Notthatitcannotbedone;rathetit'slikelearningtotype.Itrequiresagoodmanyrepetitiveexercises,forwhichmoston-the-jobwritersinindustryandgovernmentsimplycannotfindthetime.Asaresult,theycontinu

4、etobetoldtheyneedtowrite"moreclearly."Howeveq,thereisasecondcauseofunclearwriting,farmorepervasivethanthefirst,andmucheasiertocorrect.Tl'risrelatestothestructurcofthedocument-theorderinwhichthesentencesappearregardlessofwhethertheyarewellorpoorlywritten.Ifaperson'swritingisunclealitismostlikelybe

5、causetheorderingoftheideasconflictswiththecapabilityofareader'smindtoprocessthem.Theeasiestorderforareaderistoreceivethemajotmoreabstractideasbeforeheisrequiredtotakeinthemino4supportingones.Andsincethemajorideasarealwaysderivedfromtheminoronettheidealstructureoftheideaswillalwaysbeapyramidofgrou

6、psofideastiedtogetherbyasingleoverallthought.Withinthatpyramidalstructure,theideaswillrelateuertically-inthatapointatanylevelwillalwaysbeasummaryoftheideasgroupedbelow;andhorizontally-inthattheideaswillhavebeengroupedtogetherbecausetogethertheypresentalogicalargument.Youcanveryeasilycommunicateto

7、areadertheideasarrangedinapyramidalformbysimplystartingatthetopandmcvingdo-rgneachlegofthepyramid.Thesiate•mentofthemajorideascausesthereadertoquestionthewriter'sbasisfcrmakingthepoint,andthenextleveldowninthepyramidan