I started reading "On Writing Well" by W.Zinsser (one of often recommended classics) lately. I've only read first few chapters, but one of the core ideas is, a

I started reading "On Writing Well" by W.Zinsser (one of often recommended classics) lately. I've only read first few chapters, but one of the core ideas is, apart from writing simply, to write concisely: - If you can use one word instead of three to convey same idea, use one. - Iterate on what you wrote, and ruthlessly eliminate words that don't add value. It's illustrated with a real example where he crosses out a dozen of phrases from a short text: https://ibb.co/k62CkLR https://ibb.co/k62CkLR It sounds extreme but I found this framework very useful e.g. when writing code comments, wiki docs, pull request info etc.