Directions to a Writer

Clarity means just what it says

Don't muddy it up with too many syllables

Remember to use just enough words 

Not too many or too few

Bury the unnecessary nouns, chastise 

the adjectives, and extoll the verbs 

Hide the adverbs, cut down the gerunds 

Finger figurative language with delicacy

Leave them with exquisite images, 

aphorisms and pithy lines

committed to memory