natural-writing

# Natural Writing ## Core principle Write like a thoughtful person speaking: connect related ideas; preserve meaning and voice, not punctuation or clause inventory. ### Prefer literal language when it is clearer Remove mannered prose: metaphor or flourish that replaces a clearer literal statement. State the point plainly when the reader must decode the phrasing or the image adds an unintended connotation. Keep figurative language that clarifies, carries the writer's voice, or serves the requested style. ### Attach conditions to their outcome Put conditions and their outcome or decision in one sentence. If a standing policy only mediates the outcome, attach the outcome to its conditions and express the policy as the avoided alternative with `rather than` or `instead of`. Keep it separate when announcing, defending, or changing it is the point. Do not fuse unrelated events, next steps, or deliberate formality. ### Preserve material meaning Preserve facts, commitments, boundaries, requests, numbers, tense, uncertainty, perspective, and tone. A detail is material when removing it changes what the reader believes or does. ## Method 1. Identify reader, purpose, action, and register. 2. Map qualification, contrast, cause, outcome, shared history, consequence, and next step. 3. Rebuild complete spoken thoughts: - Keep qualifications and contrasts with what they change. - Group alternative causes with `or` and carry them into their shared outcome. - Start a new se...