[Tipster] The Power of Short Sentences

In this edition of Tipster, our focus is on short sentences. 

This is a short sentence.

This, too, is short. Only four words.

Can you write short sentences?

Several years ago, I read, "Several Short Sentences About Writing by Verlyn Klinkenborg."

Hah! Gotta love the name of that book! And author!

It is an entire book of short sentences. About writing short sentences.

The main idea is this: If you want to learn how to write, start by shortening your sentences.

The intent is to get us to write more crisply. And intentionally.

Here is a quote from the book:

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It's easier to tell what you're saying in a short sentence.
You've been taught to believe that short sentences are childish.
You'd like to think that your education has carried you well past short sentences.
But you've been delivered into a wilderness of false assumptions and bad habits,
A desert of jargon and weak constructions, a land of linguistic barbarism.
A place where it is nearly impossible to write with clarity or directness.
***

Try It. You'll Like It.

If you learn to write a short sentence, you'll learn to write, period. You'll develop your unique writing voice.

You'll learn how to write with cadence.

Yes, you can write a long sentence some day again. But only when it is needed.