A Breif Example of the Power of Brevity

I normally don’t republish entire blog posts from another site, but I read this one this morning at copyblogger.com and it was such a clear example of effective communication that I really wanted to share this with my readers (who are writers!).

Here’s the entire post:

Which Words Can You Live Without?
by Brian Clark

On November 19th, 1863, popular orator Edward Everett gave a two-hour speech that nobody remembers. Following Everett, President Abraham Lincoln stood up, delivered 269 words now known as the Gettysburg Address, and sat down. Lincoln’s two-minute speech is regarded as one of the greatest in American history.

Omit needless words.

You can see the original post at: http://www.copyblogger.com/edit-your-writing/

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