Rewrite a page to improve clarity and tone
Take an existing page and make it clearer, calmer, and more consistent.
Goal
Practise improving real content (not writing from scratch).
Steps
- Pick a page
- Something with long sentences, lots of jargon, or unclear actions.
- Identify the problems
- What might confuse a stressed or distracted user?
- Rewrite for clarity
- Shorten sentences
- Put the action up front
- Replace jargon with plain words
- Adjust tone
- Be direct, not abrupt
- Be calm, not patronising
- Compare versions
- What got easier to understand?
- What became more consistent?