4. Structure each sentence and clause to tell its story

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Structure each sentence (and clause) to achieve a structure that tells a story and connects it to those around it.

• To learn how to write clearly, read part 2 in of Style: Lessons in clarity and grace (Joseph Williams).

Everything that can be thought at all can be thought clearly. Everything that can be said can be said clearly.

--Ludwig Wittgenstein

• To learn how to structure a sentence that tells a story, read chapter 12 in Schimel, 2013

A sentence tells a story, just the shortest one possible.

• A simple conceptual framework that explains how to structure clear sentences that is this presented in The science of scientific writing (Gopen & Swan, 1990).

If the reader is to grasp what the writer means, the writer must understand what the reader needs

--Gopen & Swan, 1990