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mind-writing-style
Use when drafting or polishing the prose of a Mind article so the argument is maximally clear to a broad philosophical readership within the ~8,000-word limit. Mind asks that even technical material be accompanied by informal exposition. Tightens sentences and clarity; it does not generate the argument (see mind-thesis-and-argument).
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# Writing Style (mind-writing-style)
Mind prizes prose that makes a rigorous argument **easy to follow**. Authors are explicitly asked to
present arguments so they are **accessible to a broad readership among philosophers**, and where
technical material appears, to **accompany it with informal exposition**. This skill is about clarity
and economy at the sentence level — not about generating claims (that is `mind-thesis-and-argument`).
## When to trigger
- Drafting the introduction or doing a final clarity pass
- A reader said the prose is "dense," "hard to follow," or "only specialists can read it"
- A formal passage needs an informal gloss
- Over the word limit and needing to cut words without losing the argument
