“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” - (Famous 6-word short story winner)

Here’s a guide to writing in 140 characters or less. With the advent of Twitter and SMS, the ability to express yourself succinctly and with brevity is becoming all the more important Click here to read this article

For those who want the article in summary form:

  • Use strong verbs and a minimum of adverbs
  • Avoid “university words”
  • Forget about breaking your thoughts into two posts
  • Write first, then trim
  • Cut out the words “that” and “which”. “The toy train that my sister got for Christmas” can be “The toy train my sister got for Christmas.”
  • Eliminate personal pronouns. “I am going to the Apple store” can be “Going to the Apple Store”.
  • Write short sentences
  • Use punctuation!
  • Be personal
  • Get to the point.

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