You already write steno. You don't need a new theory. BREVITY: Write Simply shows you how to change the 10 to 20% of words you write hundreds of times a day, and keep everything else that works.

Who it's for

Working reporters and students who already write a theory and want fewer keys in their most common words. It's especially for reporters who feel the strain late in a long day.

What's inside

Four techniques, each aimed at the words you write most:

• Skeletal Writing: consonant frameworks that cut keys without losing the word.
• Partial Outlines: your highest-frequency terms, stripped to what's necessary.
• Anchor Words: one reliable form instead of a memorized list.
• The Chainlink Method: phrases built as they come, with no guessing what the speaker says next.

Across 300 documented transformations, the average saving is 55% fewer keys.

How you use it

Pick one word or phrase that keeps tripping you up. Change it. Practice it until it's automatic. Then pick the next one. You never have to switch everything at once.

The book

146 pages. Premium hardcover with a dust jacket, 9 by 12 inches.

Test it before you buy

Put one of your own transcripts into the free BREVITY Analyzer. It shows how many keys you'd save and which words save the most.

Read what reporters and students say.

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