Main reason people do not write more is that those who spill a lot of ink usually do so in vain -- anything longer than a sound-bite is not going to get read ca

Main reason people do not write more is that those who spill a lot of ink usually do so in vain -- anything longer than a sound-bite is not going to get read carefully. I always wrote trying to eliminate extra and meaningless words and phrases, so that my emails and documentation would not contain much hot air. But my work related to technical subjects and the world is complicated, so there is a limit to what terseness can convey. My typical estimate of my accomplishments trying to inform co-workers of my activities would be this: I write 3 short paragraphs, say 10 sentences and 125 words to explain something that I have done or planned and send it to 10 people who ought to care. Two read only the subject line. Four scan it and three of those do so too quickly and don't get the message. Two read the first paragraph and stop there. Two read it, but only one gives it enough attention to get anything out of it. Why bother?