Lists
In one sentence
Information presented as bullets or numbered items rather than as prose.
Analogy Mental model
A shopping list, which is clearer than a paragraph about shopping and gives you the small satisfaction of ticking things off.
In practice What you actually do
Steps, features, pros and cons, rankings. Open each item with a verb, keep the grammar parallel and the lengths similar. Numbered when the order matters, bulleted when it does not.
Where people get burned Pitfalls
A page made entirely of lists reads like slides. Lists are for parallel items; explanation still needs sentences, and the reason a step matters rarely fits in six words.
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