Comment Comment by cwnyth Cf. Vonnegut's rule #4 of good writing:> Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action.Or Quintilian's praise of Demosthenes and Cicero: "To Demosthenes nothing can be added, but from Cicero nothing can be taken away." parent cwnyth 7 months ago
> Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action.
Or Quintilian's praise of Demosthenes and Cicero: "To Demosthenes nothing can be added, but from Cicero nothing can be taken away."