\t\t\t\t— There’s been a lot of exceptionally crappy writing in the Blogosphere lately, so I’m going to do my little bit toward improving the quality of expression by reminding my peers of one simple little principle that will help you make your musings more palatable to others: keep it brief.
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Sound ideas don’t need 1000 words to say what 100 say just as well; crappy ideas can’t hide behind lush undergrowth of indirection and irrelevent detail, and extremely stupid ideas couched in terms that waste the reader’s time don’t endear you to anybody.
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\nFollow the example of the professional writers — there’s a reason they get paid for doing this stuff and you pay to do it.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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