I have a question related to writing. How much qualifying phrases should you use when writing something informational or instructional?
I have a bad habit of writing sentences like:
"I think it is usually best to X in situation Y".
The raw advice is "Do X." But I don't feel comfortable writing that without reminding people it's my opinion, and that it's not always going to hold for every given situation.
It just looks mealy-mouthed though. Should I just preface the whole book with "this is one man's advice, and all advice is typical instead of universal", and then write directly thereafter? Has anyone got examples of good direct writing?
Cheers
I have a bad habit of writing sentences like:
"I think it is usually best to X in situation Y".
The raw advice is "Do X." But I don't feel comfortable writing that without reminding people it's my opinion, and that it's not always going to hold for every given situation.
It just looks mealy-mouthed though. Should I just preface the whole book with "this is one man's advice, and all advice is typical instead of universal", and then write directly thereafter? Has anyone got examples of good direct writing?
Cheers