I think it reflects Graham’s interest in the quality of technical communication (business communication being a subset thereof) more than anything else. That’s

I think it reflects Graham’s interest in the quality of technical communication (business communication being a subset thereof) more than anything else. That’s his background as a writer and essayist. It’s not a commentary on poetry or fiction. Of course Stephen King once applied it to all writing. Personally, it’s hard for me to buy King as literary snob (though his being a bad writer is a question about which people can reasonably disagree). These days I think of these as first draft words. They express my ideas, but are candidates of change when editing. YMMV. I don’t find it worth being angry about either way.