What is the true principle of minimalistic writing?

2018-07-21T18:55:18Z

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Anonymous2018-07-21T17:35:16Z

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Elaine M2018-07-21T18:39:51Z

I'd google that.

anonymous2018-07-21T11:16:48Z

Concis . . .

Anonymous2018-07-21T07:50:19Z

Minimalism.

Anonymous2018-07-21T06:06:05Z

The principle that less is more.

Less padding... Fewer adverbs - some authors get by without any at all... Detail, but no description, if that makes sense... Short, impactful dialogue that gets straight to the point...

Minimalistic writing is a style that retains only what's necessary and it's a style where the author has to be very selective. If you want to write a piece like that, but never have before, you won't get there by excising three quarters of what you put down on paper. You can't walk around wearing one quarter of a shirt and you can't eat a piece of meat that's only 25% cooked, but if you can make a satisfying and tasty meal with only one quarter of the ingredients, you'd be a talented chef.

Minimalistic writing has got to concern itself with realism because you don't have the freedom to build worlds - you've got to be able to strip the one we live in down to the wall studs so that it can be laid bare for the reader.

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