George Orwell’s 6 Rules for Writing — Improved!

Lauren Stephen
10 min readFeb 18, 2021

“Lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia” in politics inspired cranky clear writing manifesto

Lauren Stephen, left. George Orwell, right.

The following is based on a presentation I give to students in a college writing composition course.

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Lauren Stephen

Writer, editor, technical writer, part-time lecturer, and semi-professional stand-up comic based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.