The Art Of Concise Writing
Learning to pack your words
Concise writing is hard: it’s like light packing for a holiday. It’s much easier to fill a 20 kgs suitcase with all your “what if” items than packing a light handbag with the things you will really need. But that exercise requires intention, precision and sometimes repacking, leaving things behind.
As writers, we need to be chameleons and flex our packing muscles: sometimes we need the heavy luggage, but other times we need to learn to declutter and select the essentials, the precise words that will take our audience in our journey and travel to our destination.
“Less is more” has never been more true in the world of writers. Just like an exquisite perfume, you only need a couple of drops, or in this case words to leave your fragrance behind…
