You always hear people talk about narrowing your writing’s focus to a single idea. Maybe, you actually listened to this good advice. However, I do have a nagging feeling that you instead chose to ignore it.

So why should you narrow the focus of every set of text you write again? Say you’re listening to me talk for the last 15 minutes. I discuss my passion for burger tacos, my activities at the art center and my interest in Eastern philosophy in rapid fire mode, all in as great a detail as I can muster. How many of those will you actually remember tomorrow?

Chances are, not a lot of them. That’s what happens you attempt to provide someone multiple information in a bunch – they slightly remember some of them, forget most and vaguely recall others. It’s the same reason your writing about a multitude of subjects under one title can end up confusing, despite the writing software declaring its two thumbs up.

That’s exactly the reason why you should consider narrowing every piece of writing you do. It’s also the same reason why it’s so easy to read a blog post, rather than a whole book – the less information to manage, the more you are able to process.

In writing, you need to elaborate certain details where your readers must understand and recall it easily. Readers are looking for some reading materials that are worth reading and where the necessary information that they are looking for must be included within the text.

Thus, in the writer’s part, you must be aware about the things that you wish your readers would know something about the topic you are writing. Besides, most readers would ask certain questions that are related to the topic especially if they want to clarify such information. What you need to do is narrow that single thought to make it more understandable and clear in the minds of your readers.

But the problem here is, how are you going to narrow down your topic? Simple. All you need to do is gather relevant information that will help you create a meaningful and understandable content. This way, you can inform your readers about any important details that will help them solve their question in their minds.

To do that, you need to be a reader first with your own writing. Ask yourself any questions that you need to know further with your topic. Answer these questions by including valuable information in your content. The internet will always provides you with complete details about the topic you are writing on so you can always have a quick search to help you complete the right information for your content.

When writing essays for school, you work towards drilling all that research down to one main thesis. A news piece always makes perfect sense when it’s all about a singular event. In case you’re writing a report that covers multiple major topics, you divide them into neat sections to make it easier to digest.

Now, how about finally listening to that good advice?