I’m still grateful for a high school teacher that would assign a 1000 word essay and, weeks later after we’d forgotten it, hand it back and make us write the sa

I’m still grateful for a high school teacher that would assign a 1000 word essay and, weeks later after we’d forgotten it, hand it back and make us write the same essay in 250 words without losing the meaning of the original. When you have something to say, write. Then set it aside until you have time to improve it. Then publish.