How to Write Short
Word Craft for Fast Times

This book did less to help to show how to write short and more to direct what made short writing effective. It was like a grammar textbook for short writing. I can't imagine someone reading this and coming away better at concise, clever, clear, crafted writing. It was not a horrifically written book......more

First part is interesting, second part not much. Best advice: write short text using concrete nouns followed by vigorous active transitive verbs. Then the text tells the reader who does what to whom and that is what the reader wants to know.......more

Review: Grade: A+ This is an enlightening read. It’s quick, it’s easy to read and it really changes your outlook on 140 characters or less, and how that can affect writing in all forms. Writing short can actually enhance your ability to write long. I loved it, from the perspective of someone who deals......more

I started the book with the wrong expectations. It's not a guide on how to write shorts; It's more the analyses of short writing with lots of examples. Most of the examples are from the American culture; I didn't know them and couldn't appreciate the significance of these texts (especially reference......more

Pretty good. Has advice for every type of writing, though some were not for me.......more