“I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.” — Blaise Pascal
Where do you fall on the brevity/verbosity spectrum?
I tend to be very verbose in my rough draft. Then delete everything as I'm reading back through. Just because I can babble doesn't mean it will make sense to my readers. Most times you can make a much more effective point by being short and to the point. No one has time to read a 1000 word post! Brevity is the name of the game! Now if I can just keep that consistent in my personal life...
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