One of my favorite quotes is:
So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.
Prolific, huh? Must have been said by one of the greats, like Fitzgerald, or Dickens, or Faulkner. Bronte, or Shakespeare, or Poe.
Nope.
Dr. Seuss.
In my mind, still one of the greats. He wrote for a different audience, but he still touched a lot of minds. And hearts. And that’s all writers really want to do – reach the minds and hearts of their readers. That’s all I really want to do.
And, like Dr. Seuss said, I should do it in as few words as possible so as not to make it difficult for my audience.