If you write clearly, award yourself the Clear Writing Style Seal of Approval.
Place our Clear Writing Style Seal of Approval on your website and documents to show your writing style is clear and easy to read.
The Clear Writing Style Seal is a self-certifying standard, measured by our StyleWriter, plain-English editing software, endorsed by the Plain Language Commission.
The Clear Writing Style Seal of Approval
You have to write to the highest standards to earn the right to display the Seal. Over 90 percent of business and government writing fails to meet the StyleWriter-approved clarity standard.
To accredit your work, you must be a Corporate, Associate, or Individual member of the Clear Writing Club. You can then display the Seal on any text that reaches the acceptable standard of 70 on StyleWriter’s Clarity Index. You can use it on both in-house and public documents. Use it on your websites, leaflets, standard letters, committee reports, media releases, and annual reports. Use it on all your important documents.
There’s no extra cost for each use of the Seal. One annual membership fee covers any document you write or your organization publishes that meets the Clear Writing Standard.
To help you reach the standard to display the Seal, your membership includes free StyleWriter licenses and a free Writing Course.
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- StyleWriter checks your text for over a million style issues and shows you how to edit your text to reach the clarity threshold required to display the Seal of Approval.
- The free Writing Course lets you train all employees in clear writing techniques.
When you become a member of the Clear Writing Club, you’ll have three complimentary StyleWriter licenses (worth $585) to measure your writing style and show you how to edit your documents.
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All Clear Writing Club members can display their membership status on any document or website if they have edited the text with StyleWriter – even if it doesn’t reach the StyleWriter-approved standard.
The Clear Writing Club Benefits
Display the Clear Writing Style Seal on your documents and website.
Evaluate your writing style objectively using StyleWriter.
Use StyleWriter’s measures of a clear writing style.
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- Average Sentence – a key statistic
- Passive Verbs – an overused style fault
- Style Index – a measure of plain English style
- Bog Index – a measure of all style and readability issues
- Reading Grade – an improved, standard measure of writing.
- Jargon – a measure of acronyms and jargon phrases.
- Glue – a measure of wordy style
- Pep – a measure of reader interest and engagement
- Clarity Index – a measure used to award the Clear Writing Style Seal
Edit using StyleWriter’s advice to reach the clear writing standard.
Self-certify using StyleWriter’s measures.
Draft clearer contracts, letters, reports, newsletters, and websites.
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- More sales
- Improved customer satisfaction
- Reduced costs
- Better administration
Motivate staff to communicate more effectively
Help change the writing culture in your organization.
Find your membership level that matches your organization
