"Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell."--William Strunk and E.B. White, in The Elements of StyleI love this quote! It goes to show that writing should always tell the story to the point that it can. I want to work towards this in everything I do. I need to let every word tell.
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