Personal Clarity in Print

Clarity is not the word that you might immediately think of when defining what your reading audience is looking for. Here’s a word association map that shows how lucid, direct talk gets quickly to the heart of issues and conflicts that in turn are the heart beat of any manuscript.

Word association map of “clarity”

Clarity applies to both words and images. It’s that story thing that creates an arm-chair relationship. Everyone is looking for connection, for shared experience—for points of understanding even when that experience or environment is very different. While excess dialogue in print can be exhausting to the reader, a voice speaking directly, personally, with clarity moves the plot forward and reveals character. Yes, art books have, or should have, a sense of plot or chronicle to them, just like a novel has a story arc.

Once as readers we feel engaged, we will “marry” for a long-lasting relationship.