How to Capture the Essence of a Topic
http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2009/04/01/technical-copy-writing-how-to-capture-the-essence-of-a-topic/

Technical Communication Center
2009

Abstract:

Capturing the essence of a topic is the heart and soul of good writing and editing. If you cannot tell what the main idea is, you cannot write it either. And if you cannot write it, how would you expect your readers to get it? So it all starts with you. Thankfully, it is not mysterious process. Here are two techniques that you can use to weed out the irrelevant details from your core idea.