6. Keep paragraphs short

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Look at any newspaper and notice the short paragraphs.
That's done to make reading easier, because our brains take in information better when it's broken into small chunks.
In academic writing, each paragraph develops one idea and often includes many sentences. But in casual, everyday writing, the style is less formal and paragraphs may be as short as a single sentence or even a single word.

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