Write Less, Say More: The Case for Brevity
Length is often mistaken for effort. A long message looks like care was taken. What it usually signals is that the writer hadn't decided what mattered before they started typing.
Brevity reads as confidence
Short sentences commit. Long ones qualify, and qualification reads as uncertainty even when you are sure. The same point in half the words sounds twice as decided.
This is not about clipped or terse writing. It is about removing the words that were doing no work.
The usual suspects
"In order to" is "to". "At this point in time" is "now". "The reason why is because" is "because". These constructions are so common they stop registering, which is exactly why they survive drafts.
Search your draft for "that", "very", "really", and "actually". Most instances can go without changing the meaning.
Cut the last paragraph
Closing paragraphs often restate what was already said, out of a sense that a piece needs a landing. If the body did its job, the summary is redundant.
Try deleting it. If nothing is lost, it was never load-bearing.