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Lee Bacon's avatar

Great advice. When a lot of writers (myself included) start out, they have the impulse to spill everything onto the page, to dazzle the reader with their prose, maybe throw in a good metaphor or two. But as you gain more experience, you realize that good writing is often about compression. Or to quote The Elements Of Style: "Omit needless words."

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Jeff Matlow's avatar

Btw, I’m going to feature this article in an upcoming issue of This Week In Leadership (13k subs). I will of course lead it back to you.

Great stuff.

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