Core Skill 3. Structure documents for readability

Deliver content your audiences can put to use

Organize your content to be easy to read quickly

Structure determines how usable a document will be for the reader

This course teaches a universal structure that serves all readers. When a document is well structured, readers immediately understand what they are are reading, why it’s important, and what to do with the information. This simplifies decision-making and reduces back and forth communication.

We cover how to structure information to:

  • orient the reader to what they are reading and why

  • improve readability

  • serve multiple audiences

  • build stronger analysis and rationale

  • speed up the process of writing and reduce the number of edits

When you put these insights to work, you can write in half the time and quality changes almost overnight.

This course takes roughly 1 hour (or a handful of coffee breaks) to complete.

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Regular course fee

$78

Group pricing—Contact hello@wordsmith.ca for group pricing for 5 or more

Course content

Unit 1—Create clear and usable documents

Unit 2—Structure to improve clarity and persuasiveness

Unit 3—Format to improve readability

Unit 4—Transform a document yourself

Unit 5—Structure long documents effectively

Unit 6—Integrate these structural techniques into your daily writing

"It was especially helpful to think about how to apply these skills to long documents."

—Online course participant

"This course had most definitely changed my writing approach. This course was eye opening. All the small things I never considered that make such a game changing difference... The power of whitespace and the use of descriptive headings to help break up large amounts of information. Also, using that formatting to assist with other related documents like the Table of Contents. Genius."

—Online course participant

"It changed my perspective in writing. I realized the traditional writing I used to know is no longer effective."

—Online course participant

  • Course time is roughly 1 hour with exercises (or a handful of coffee breaks).

  • You'll have access to the course for two months.

    If you get busy and need more time, just email us and we can extend the timeframe.

  • Our goal is always to create useful, applicable material. If you aren't satisfied, please tell us why, and we can refund your money.

  • You will get:

    • the knowledge you need to write better and struggle less

    • a reusable checklist to structure documents for readability

Other online courses to discover

  • Core Skill 1

    Understand what goes wrong with writing

  • Core Skill 2

    Target your audience and purpose

  • Core Skill 4

    Use a clear, accessible style

  • How to Think Deeper and Get Smarter With AI

    Coming soon!