In which there was a whole lotta this:
and a tremendous amount of this:
LB: Classic Writing Advice Dept. Rule #1
You’ve heard/read this before and will hear/read it again, but did you know that this, the single most important thing you can keep in mind while writing anything, came from a guy who called himself “Q?”
His full name was Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, editor of, as Wikipedia puts it, “the monumental Oxford Book of English Verse…” among many other things, and if anyone ever knew a thing or two about brevity, Q was the one.
Or, as he put it so famously (and perfectly):
Comedy Central’s in Trouble with the WGAw
Hate like hell to see this kinda thing go down:
Dear Writers Guild Member,
