Keep this firmly in place as you develop the document. Analysis and Assumptions Discuss these before writing the document to ensure that everyone is working together for the same goal. Decisions and Actions Agree on what actions the document will cover and how the document will present information needed for what purpose. Completeness Develop and agree on outlines so that all the material that needs to be covered is in place and that the document does its job. Ensure that the content, level of detail , tone, and vocabulary match what the audience needs to know and their background.
Vigorous writing is concise.
A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word count.