Teach It Until the Gap Shows

Plain language is a stress test, not a simplification tax. The Feynman Draft Write the concept as if the listener is smart but new to the field. Ban borrowed prestige phrases for the first draft. If a phrase only works because insiders already know the concept, replace it with a mechanism, a scene, or a consequence. Find the Break The moment you say it kind of or you know, the gap is visible. Do not polish around it. Go back to the source, ask what causes what, and rebuild the sentence until the listener could predict one simple outcome. Add…

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