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THE CRUX NEEDS TO ADD VALUE AND HIGHLIGHT VALUABLE PARTS | STRUCTURE Finding the crux Be clear about what is the specific information that you want the reader to know about and why. COME TO THE POINT QUICK! List pointers by articulating the gist of each part in small phrases or a keyword - your own reckoner. Elaborate on these pointers whether it is a narrative, a story, a bulleted blog post, a series of ideas, short phrases with description or even a listicle - depending on who your audience is and how they would tend to read. Millenials have shorter attention spans than the baby boomers so keep that in mind. Highlight value additions like vernacular language with italicization, statistics and research findings with backlinks or typeface variation / size. Make it skimmable so that anyone who lands on this digital peice is able to get the most out of it by skimming through. Make a short 140 character description of what this article talks about - like a log line of sorts.