Why is ruthless brevity more difficult to execute than voluminous writing?
Replied byJim VandeHei
Co-Founder & CEO at Axios
Niche: Technology
Revenue: Approx. USD 8 Million/month
Location: Arlington, Virginia, United States
Started: 2016
Writing concisely requires rigorous thinking and intense cognitive discipline because you must discard seventy percent of what you know to isolate the single essential truth. As Blaise Pascal famously observed, writing a short letter takes far more effort than drafting a long one. Editing is an act of intellectual courage.
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