Some sentences ask for a second reading because the idea is difficult. Others ask for one because the sentence has made a simple thought difficult to reach. When writing grows tangled, the kindest next step is often to say the point plainly and see what remains.
Find the sentence underneath
Drafts collect qualifiers, detours, and phrases added to sound careful. Beneath them there is often a sentence the writer is trying to protect. Put that sentence on its own, even if it feels too plain at first; it can show what the surrounding prose needs to explain.
Keep the necessary difficulty
Plain language does not mean pretending every question has a tidy answer. If an idea contains uncertainty, name the uncertainty rather than burying it in elaborate phrasing. The reader can follow a difficult thought more readily when its limits are visible.
Make room for the reader
A clear sentence gives someone a place to pause, disagree, or carry the thought forward. Read a draft aloud and listen for the points where you run out of breath or lose the thread. Then revise for the person meeting the idea for the first time, not for the writer who already knows where it is going.