Put Your Writing on the Twitter Diet

Obesity is rampant. And I'm not talking about body flab. I'm talking about obesity of language. Much of what we read these days is bloated, flabby, supersized prose. I believe there are three reasons for that: 1) the death of the typewriter; 2) the end of length limits; and 3) the rise of the amateur writer. Internet technology created this problem, and Internet technology can help solve it. Here's how to cut the verbal fat and SLIM DOWN YOUR WRITING WITH THE TWITTER DIET.