Someone else mentioned Strunk and White's Elements of Style, but in the true spirit of that book let me just cut to the chase and say, "omit needless words." O

Someone else mentioned Strunk and White's Elements of Style, but in the true spirit of that book let me just cut to the chase and say, "omit needless words." Our brains only have so much space in them so you only get to cram a small number of words into someone else's brain; make them the most productive words possible. When writing, it's harder to remove words than write them.