I have a serious problem with clarity in my own writing. This has given me some concrete tools to address several of my writing issues. The trick now is to implement them.

Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

Clarity: (is tapping into the action of an English sentence). The action of an English sentence means that the action of a sentence relies upon a subject-verb construction. Such as a person or agent performing some type of action.

1. Combining actions and actors:

Example:
With the decline in network cable TV viewing (ACTOR) in favor of streaming programs awareness is growing at the networks have a need to revise programming (ACTION).

Q: who is viewing? People/viewers

Q: whose awareness is growing? (Actors) people at the networks.

Q: where is the action hiding? May hide in phrases like
A decline in
In favor of
Awareness of

You want to find the Actors and Actions of a sentence

Revised sentence:
Because of viewers (ACTOR), stream video more than they watch cable TV network executives realize they need to revise (ACTION) programming.

2. Look for zombie nouns and change to active verbs.
The process is changing nominalizations (zombie nouns) to actin verbs. Nominalizations are nouns with verbs hiding in it. Some hints to find nominalizations words are to look for words that have a TION at the end.
Example: a decision = decide
Administrations = administer
Change them to active verbs.

3. Avoid passive voice (unless the actor does not matter).
Example:
An examination of an applicant’s academic record is made to determine whether she has established a strong affirmative case in regard to the character for general education. And her fitness for graduate work in her proposed subject of study letters of recommendation from persons who are in a position to analyze the candidates’ abilities and to estimate her promise or given very serious consideration.

One thing this says is:
We examine all applicants’ academic records and we consider serious letters of recommendation.

Now to review the three steps.
1. Find the actors and the actions of the sentence.
2. Change nominalizations (zombie nouns) that had hide / hiding action.
3. Avoid passive voice.

Your turn to test these principals in these practices.

a. Text: there has been speculation (ACTION) by educators (ACTOR) about the role of the family in improving educational achievement.

Melva: educators (ACTOR) speculate (ACTION) about the family role in improving educational achievement

b. Text: complaints by editorial writers (ACTOR) about voter apathy rarely offer suggestions (ACTION) about dispelling it

Hint: maybe start to when i.e. when actor/action

Melva: When editorial writers (ACTOR) complain (ACTION) about voter apathy, they rarely suggest how to dispel it

c. Text: There (ACTOR) is a need for an analysis (ACTION) of library use to provide a reliable base for the projection of needed resources.

Melva: librarians (ACTOR) need to analyze (ACTION) how library use can project needed resources.

d. Text: precision (ACTOR) in plotting (ACTION) the location of building foundations enhances the possibility of its accurate reconstruction.

Melva: Engineers (ACTOR) must precisely plot (ACTION) the location of building foundations o enhance its accurate reconstruction.

My two cents:
When I attend the LDS writer’s conference, I watched this presentation by Brian Jackson, I almost wept for joy.