Comments on: Two Techniques That Help You Embrace Brevity

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The Blogger’s Fail-Proof Guide to Editing Posts — Marian Schembari — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:50:49 +0000

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By: Performance

Performance — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:09:50 +0000

Many “How To” articles would benefit from implementing this writing style.

By: Todd Hebert

Todd Hebert — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:12:42 +0000

Very nice post and inspiring Brian.

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The Whole Point in a 3-Word Sentence: Part 1 « The Lazy Porcupine — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:05:09 +0000

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Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:35:19 +0000

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By: Elisha

Elisha — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:16:46 +0000

Once my lecturer approached me after my semester exam, told me that I wrote too short even though it was quite well written. I got lower grade because of that.

Lesson learned, DO NOT ever use this method for your course work.

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By: Josh Hart

Josh Hart — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:34:46 +0000

Good article. I found the techniques helpful especially for online articles and such.

By: Juliette

Juliette — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:26:41 +0000

Thank you! And I would stress that any writer of anything memorize Strunk & White’s “Elements of Style.” It won’t take long to read or memorize because it’s short. (But get something before the 1997 edition. Ironically, the editors of that one didn’t learn the lessons.)

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:44:32 +0000

I like your message but think the example used is ineffective. The ‘tighter’ Macbeth description left me confused and overwhelmed while the original was more clear and conveyed the meaning.

Brevity seems terse, abrupt and angry while speaking but has the opposite effect in writing.

PS I edited 7 words out of this comment. How’s that for brevity?