It’s hard to think of a writing skill more important than writing concisely.
Kevin from the Office said it best:
“why say many word when few word do trick”
But don’t just take it from Kevin, take it from these famous writers.
Friedrich Nietzsche
“It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.”
Paul Graham
“I try to write using ordinary words and simple sentences.
That kind of writing is easier to read, and the easier something is to read, the more deeply readers will engage with it. The less energy they expend on your prose, the more they’ll have left for your ideas.”
Scott Adams
“Simple writing is persuasive. A good argument in five sentences will sway more people than a brilliant argument in a hundred sentences. Don’t fight it.”
Dr. Seuss
“So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.”
Twyla Tharp
“I am fairly concise when I work and I work quickly because I think work is done better in a high gear than done our in a gear when everyone’s exhausted. Get focused, do it!”
William Shakespeare
“Brevity is the soul of wit.”
Jay Z
“I’m trying to tell the story in the most clear, concise, and truthful way, taking those everyday words and phrases and capturing them in a way that they become something else.”
Shirley Conran
“Writing is 1 percent inspiration, and 99 percent elimination.”
Barry N. Malzburg
“There is no truth which cannot be given in fifty words; the truth is always concise.”
Louise Brooks
“Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.”
Don’t take it from me, or Kevin, take it from 10 iconic writers:
Good writing, is concise writing.
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