Brad Thor Quotes

I think in most cases, unless you're writing about a character who is garrulous, you say what you've got to say and then get out. Those little conjunctions, those little turnaround words help you do it. That's the way I like to write: I get rid of things rather than add them.

Omit needless words.

In a newspaper, you only have so much room. It teaches you the value of getting to the point, of not pampering yourself with your glorious writing. I've always been much more interested in one powerful sentence that stays with you. That's my style.

It has often been said there’s so much to be read, you never can cram all those words in your head. So the writer who breeds more words than he needs is making a chore for the reader who reads. That's why my belief is the briefer the brief is, the greater the sigh of the reader's relief is. And that's why your books have such power and strength. You publish with shorth! (Shorth is better than length.)

Good writing does not come from verbiage but from words.

Through an arbitrary problem, I had arrived at a tenet of good writing: brevity wins.

I've really tried to strip my writing of as many adjectives and adverbs as I possibly can.

To say more while saying less is the secret of being simple.

Hard writing makes easy reading.

Anyone can make an article longer; the skill is keeping it tight and lean.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

I say what I need to, not a whole lot more.

Vigorous writing is concise.

It looks like you can write a minimalist piece without much bleeding. And you can. But not a good one.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.

Less is almost always better than more. Short words, short sentences, short speeches.

Adverbs lead to overwriting. Try taking them out and reading your prose again to see how it sounds. Simple and less words are more powerful.

People who want to express themselves effectively can learn a lot from the hard-won concision of the copywriter.

I do try and keep my scripts quite economical.

The best advice on writing I've ever received was from William Zinsser: 'Be grateful for every word you can cut.'

Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words or he will certainly misunderstand them.

The best writing has no lace on its sleeves.

I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English - it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in.

My stories are very compact. I want them to say the most complex things in the simplest way.