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ci-writing-style
Use when drafting or polishing the prose of a Critical Inquiry (CI) essay so it meets the journal's bar for ambitious, lucid critical writing and fits the word limit (articles ≤ 9,500 words including discursive notes and all bibliographical information; Critical Responses ≤ 3,000; Reviews ≤ 500). Tightens style and discipline; it does not invent argument or evidence.
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# Writing Style (ci-writing-style)
A *Critical Inquiry* essay must read as **ambitious, precise, and alive** — prose worthy of the claim,
legible to a reader from another field, and disciplined to the word limit. This skill is about how the
essay sounds and how tightly it is cut, not about generating the argument.
## When to trigger
- Drafting the opening or doing a final stylistic polish
- Over the **9,500-word** cap (which counts notes) and needing to cut
- The argument is strong but the prose is flat, baggy, or opaque
- Tuning the register so it is rigorous without being airless
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