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Poll: DO you tend to write too brief or too long? I'm a brief-writer. I had to stretch everything.

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Jan 13 '11, 19:06

on the plus side, I write great abstracts.

on the minus side, once you said everything you need to say, you're so screwed.

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legally: overwriter; screenwriting: underwriter (aspirationally, anyway) -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 19:10 1
- for years I worked a LOT with an overwriter, doing reports. It was actually pretty great. - loosilu Jan 13, 19:11
we place too great a priority on word count. Writing short is more difficult than writing long. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 19:08 2
- If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter -- nm - Mark Twain Jan 13, 19:08
- not for me! -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 19:08

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