Making sentences more concise
Nearly every writer produces early drafts that contain far too many words, let alone ideas. The most effective step to pare back your drafts and maximize brevity and clarity is to leave enough time in between drafting a document and editing it.
Once you are actively reviewing your draft, here are four tips about what to delete:
Redundancy. Have you written two sentences in a row that essentially convey the same idea?
Unnecessary descriptions or explanations. Have you included a definition of a term that your reader is likely already familiar with?
Delete words that mean nothing, e.g. very, really, generally, actually, great, basically, extremely, I believe, I think (readers already know that your writing is your claim)
Delete double words, e.g. hope and trust, full and complete, true and accurate, free gift, completely finished, terrible disaster, unexpected surprise