Strunk and White taught me to omit needless words. How about if we omit needless thoughts as well?
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Take a Stand. Speak Your Piece.
Inspire passion, for or against, by saying something folks can sink their teeth into. Cause debate. Overstate your case once in a while, just to push someone into reacting. Drop the weasel words. Speak your piece. Take a stand.
That Same Old Assumption
We all make assumptions. In Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Dr. Robert Cialdini points out their value in a complex society. He also points out many of the dangers of assumption. I find myself assigning greater value to books that have more words in them, to CDs that have more music on them. To longer [...]
Copy the Copy. Copy?
We might assume that context and usage will make our meaning clear. It is, though, only an assumption, and includes the assumption that our readers or listeners know what we know, to some extent.
Brevity
Short sentences of small words can express grand thought and timeless ideas. It seems almost a given that long sentences of long words will be sucked dry of life before you reach the end.
