Brilliant illustration. Terse writing has more punch, true. And for some media and most audiences, that's what you want. Most authors use a lot of weaselly fil

Brilliant illustration. Terse writing has more punch, true. And for some media and most audiences, that's what you want. Most authors use a lot of weaselly filler (like "most" and "a lot") but not every interesting idea can be adequately conveyed by a pithy sentence. If people keep that in mind, we'll all benefit from better writing.