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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I find it helpful to break up the text into paragraphs where each paragraph is it's own talking point/topic. It seems easier to read, and easier to find information when re-reading.

Other things I've found helpful:

  • A main paragraph with succinct information
  • Follow-up paragraphs explaining the first
  • Dot points

The follow-up paragraphs should not have any new information in them (e.g. date/time, locations of events, tasks to be done). They should be for clarification, so that only the first paragraph(s) need to be re-read to find all the important information.

This is just my experience. I am not an expert.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These days I'm highlighting one or two keywords per paragraph, so people who get scared by my extensive writing get to have some non-scary starting points. They say it's appreciated, but I'm still not sure how much is actually read...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I've gone as far as including section headings in some long emails.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

That's basically how studies/scientific papers are written

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Point by point analysis

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