Short sentences are most effective when used rarely; continually using short sentences creates stilted, awkward prose. However, neither should you start writing paragraph-long sentences! Rather, you ...

How can you create a balance between short and long sentences, and how does that change the flow of ideas in your writing? This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences ...

When I write, I keep two primary principles in mind. First, I use as few words as necessary to convey an idea. Second, I ensure that every sentence is sequenced in the correct order. If a word is not ...

Combine short choppy sentences to create smoother prose. Short sentences are effective when used rarely; continually using short sentences creates stilted, awkward prose. I am not advocating paragraph ...

We sat down with Poynter senior scholar Roy Peter Clark, author of numerous books including “How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times,” to talk about what makes good short writing. It’s a topic ...

Short writing may not seem like a natural goal for journalism on the web. It's easy to assume there's infinite space to fill up, and if we've done all the reporting and have tons of material, well, ...

“The representation is gradually going to accumulate some noise. As a result, when you see an image or a sentence for a ...

It was a delight to read Brenda Cronin’s “Brevity: Or, the Soul of Wit” (op-ed, Oct. 12). As a writing coach for more years than I care to count, I have been drumming into rookie brains the value of ...