The Bare Minimum

I get a lot of emails for different organizations that I either volunteer for or belong to. Sometimes I want to get out my highlighter and mark the information I need.


Frequently I'll get a page-long email with only one sentence that was actually important.


It's easy to get overwhelmed with information overload.
On one hand, it's wonderful to have so many writing resources and tips online.  When I was starting to seriously write (seven years ago), there wasn't enough information online.  Now th...