Plain Language Writing
Transforms complex technical content into clear, accessible, and highly readable text using established plain language principles.
Transforms complex technical content into clear, accessible, and highly readable text using established plain language principles.
The Plain Language skill optimizes written content for broad accessibility by applying principles derived from the Plain Writing Act of 2010 and the Plain Language Movement. It systematically audits and improves documentation, tutorials, and communications by enforcing active voice, reducing sentence complexity, eliminating unnecessary jargon, and removing weak nominalizations. This skill is essential for developers and technical writers who need to ensure their documentation is understood immediately by the widest possible audience without requiring multiple rereads.