Hyperbolic? Being a better writer is useless... I think the context that prefaces the question betrays a misunderstanding. When you really start digging into

Hyperbolic? Being a better writer is useless... I think the context that prefaces the question betrays a misunderstanding. When you really start digging into crafting messages, you start finding out things like the medium you work in actually changes how you should structure your message. Famous examples of why this should be done exist, like the first presidential debate that was both televised and broadcast on the radio. People who saw the television thought one candidate had won the debate. People who listened thought the other had won. Twitter as a medium promotes a certain kind of content. Learning to be a better writer isn't going to change that. If the goal of learning to be a better writer is to prevent some sort of decline in writing as seen on Twitter? Don't learn more about writing. There are so many different kinds of writing and being better at one doesn't mean you will be better at another. So really you're safe learning most of writing. Unfortunately, you're bound to run across ideas like using a hook to attract attention as quickly as possible. Then you run the risk of joining the hyperbolic tweeters.