Writing well is not something that comes easily .Writing concisely and coherently doesn't come easily for that matter. So I have been looking around for some sound advise .I found a handy list of 25 tips here http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=78&aid=158294 No need to post all of them but item # 5 stuck out like a reasonable ,yet vaguely Hemmingway-like admonition.
So on to wikipedia for the lowdown.That tells tell me that Strunk and White ,actually White took this item # 5 and expanded on it . One chapter is the simple admonition: "Omit needless words!" White updated and extended these sections, and prefixed an introductory essay adapted from his New Yorker article.
That speaks volumes on omitting needless words. I should probably and will leave it at that .Enough said .
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