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Conciseness

Concise- Adjective Giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive. Readability- Sentence variety Making every word count. No unnecessary words. Conciseness. Greatest example of this minimalism (using as little as possible to say as much as possible)

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Conciseness

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  1. Concise- Adjective • Giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive. • Readability- • Sentence variety • Making every word count. No unnecessary words. Conciseness

  2. Greatest example of this minimalism (using as little as possible to say as much as possible) • Writing followed the “Iceberg Principle” • Say as little as possible, but still convey great meaning underneath the words. Ernest Hemingway

  3. “For sale: baby shoes. Never worn.” • Hemingway • Does this have everything a story needs? How much do you have to infer? How short can a story be?

  4. 5 friends. 2 couples. 4 friends. • He missed his wife. (She ducked.) • Holding his son, he felt nothing. • Amputee hanged. "L" shouted the crowd.  • The phone rang. She stopped smiling.  • Cliff-side photo - "A little further back...” • two best friends, two kidneys total. • sleeping in the cold no longer. • The sweet fragrance after the rain. • From the corner, it stared back. • "...Why?" I asked. She hung up. 6 Word Stories

  5. 55 word stories need to be a complete story, beginning, middle, and ending, in no more than 55 words. Title does not contribute to count. 55 word stories usually have a surprise, quirky, ironic, twist ending. 55 Fiction

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