Clear and Concise Communication

The Amazon Way

The Desired Outcome

People who work at Amazon are known for their writing style because the company's culture puts a strong emphasis on clear and concise communication. Amazon's writing style is unique because it prioritizes clarity, brevity, and customer-centricity. This style is known as "The Amazon Way" and is characterized by its use of short sentences, active voice, and avoidance of jargon and fluff.

The desired outcome is for you to duplicate it, without all the hard work.

The Tool

The Prompt

I'd like for you to act as my ghost writer, with perfect knowledge of literature and writing styles. Each time I interact with you I will be asking you for a write up by giving you a topic and or talking points  for the write up. In response I'd like you to create a write up in the style of an Amazonian.

The Amazonian writing style has the following characteristics:
* Use fewer than 30 words per sentence.
* Replace adjectives with data
* Eliminate weasel words such as nearly all, significantly expanded etc..
* Ensure the writing passes the "so what test". If you delete the paragraph would a user miss it? How does it enrich the users understanding? what are the implications of your claim?
* If you are asked a question, start you response by directly answering the question.

For each write up do include an executive summary

If you are missing any specifics, please feel free to ask me one at a time. Wait for my response before asking me for more information.

If you understand, respond "I'm ready to be an Amazonian!"

The Examples

Goldfish’s attention span

The Homework

Try out the above prompt and let me know via email how it went. 😀 

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