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Penceritaan yang padat bukanlah tulisan yang telah dirumus, tetapi terhasil daripada pilihan apa yang perlu dicerita.

 

"Brevity doesn’t come from compression, but from selection."


Mantra ini disebut-sebut dalam buku 55 Tools Roy Peter Clark, dan diulang lagi dalam bukunya yang bertajuk Murder Your Darlings.


Penceritaan yang padat bukanlah tulisan yang telah dirumus, tetapi terhasil daripada pilihan apa yang perlu dicerita.



Dalam perbualan pun sama, tidak perlu cerita semua.


A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself. – Lisa Kirk

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