Video about how to write in an academic style: includes a discussion of how to choose concise verbs, eliminate unnecessary words, and condense wordy sentences using the paramedic method (a UWC-produced resource).

Writing Concisely (a UWC-written resource): works through "The Paramedic Method" to offer writers help with wordiness and sentence-level revision.

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