A clear writer doesn't make his reader work too hard to get his/her point. Especially since not all readers have the same skill set, i.e. some read quickly/some read slowly/and everywhere in between.
And good writing is clear writing. Clarity reveals ideas; too much wordiness and rambling obscures ideas. Marnie aka Doe Or so I was told once, when I rambled on and on with too many run-on sentences, usually separated by commas, spewing out idea after idea, one after another, by a very good writer. ;-) In a message dated 10/8/2013 12:22:19 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, bruce.wal...@gmail.com writes: Is it really too much to ask to have a meaningful Subject and a statement of purpose? Something to say why I should be interested? I am willing to forgive an essay written in some haste for its wordiness and actually read the thing ... _IF_ I know what it's about. This one came across to me just like starting into the 3rd paragraph of a report on the City of Mississauga expenditures for 1st quarter 2011, or a scientific treatise on the effect of a lack of potassium on fungus gnat reasoning abilities. It required me to scan downward through a dense thicket of words to divine what the premise is. Some things aren't worth sending out into the world. Like bread dough, yucky uncooked, but well worthwhile when baked. If one doesn't yet have the time to finish something, put it away for later. On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Walt <ldott...@gmail.com> wrote: > I should say that Bob does have a point and that it dovetails somewhat with > your theme. Editing is a great example of the invisible effort you're > talking about, and consumers don't generally give any thought to it until it > doesn't happen. > > It's just that I happen to think people are entitled to some forbearance to > that end when it comes to discussions among friends. > > -- Walt > > > On 10/8/2013 1:33 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> Actually, the whole concept of invisible effort is worth thinking >> about in every context, whether it's putting on Thanksgiving dinner, >> taking photos of the school play, running a mailing list, >> or editing the PDML annual. There are a lot of tasks that you just >> don't realize how much work is involved until you have done them >> yourself. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
