The Shortest Distance Between Two Points

Or, How I Learned to Love Efficiency

I didn't have time to write you a short letter, so I wrote you a long one.

-Mark Twain

This quote is one that stuck with me for quite a long time. What's the subtext here? Simply that editing, and revision, and the thought process of knowing what to eliminate and what to keep, is hard work.  It takes time and experience.  Anyone can write a 1,000 word ess…