Economy of style.

Richness of story. Economy of style. Part 2 of 2.
(For Part 1 see previous post.)

This is what I'm aiming at: I want to develop a rich story but I want to achieve economy of style. Richness and economy. It's the Holy Grail for writers. Richness in content but economy of means. What do other people think? Here is a quick bit of research (Part Two).

Economy of style

Item 1. Rutgers University is brief and to the point. (Jack Lynch)

• Using no more words than necessary

Item 2. Brigham Young University goes into more detail (BYU Writing Center)

• Eliminate wordiness
• Dump introductory words 
• Avoid prepositional phrases
• Cut vague nouns
• Do not repeat yourself (This is my besetting sin! Arrgh!)
• Don't keep saying the same thing in different ways (See what I mean.)
• Use one word where three will do
• Write in active voice

Item 3. Hemmingway's iceberg principle (Sparknotes)

• Only let the tip of the story show. Keep the rest below the waterline. 

Item 4. Stephen Wilbers in Writing for Business and Pleasure

• Avoid wordy phrases
• Omit modifiers
• Use action verbs

There you have it. Go and do likewise.

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