Writer’s Wisdom -Rule #45- Be Brief.

Writer’s Wisdom -Rule #45- Be Brief. “Hemingway’s first editor gave him this style
  sheet: ‘Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative.’ Hemingway later referred to that list as ‘the best rules I ever learned for the business of writing.”

 Taken from The Writer’s Book of Wisdom - 101 Rules for Mastering Your Craft, by Steven Taylor Goldsberry, (http://www.amazon.com/The-Writers-Book-Wisdom-Mastering/dp/1582974942)