Mark Twain on this subject: > Well, also he will notice in the course of time, as his reading goes on, that the difference between the almost right word and th

Mark Twain on this subject: > Well, also he will notice in the course of time, as his reading goes on, that the difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning. But also: > Unconsciously he accustoms himself to writing short sentences as a rule. At times he may indulge himself with a long one, but he will make sure that there are no folds in it, no vaguenesses, no parenthetical interruptions of its view as a whole.