. -- William Zinsser, On Writing Well, pp. 7-8. Writing-Well-Classic-Guide-Nonfiction
The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every word that serves no function, every long word that could be a short word, every adverb that carries the same meaning that's already in the verb, every passive construction that leaves the reader unsure of who is doing what--these are the thousand and one adulterants that weaken the strength of a sentence
Further to this
"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak" -- Hans Hofmann Is this captured in his own work? Hofmann Gallery   |
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