economy of words

• brevityShortness of expression
• conciseBriefly and clearly stated
• terseBrief to bluntness
• succinctExpressed with minimal words
• pithyConcise and forceful

laconic · sparse · crisp · tight · lean · clipped · curt · telegraphic · Hemingway · haiku · editing · pruning · distilled · razor · sharp · precise · spare · minimalist

• HemingwaySantiago, Nobel Prize, Key West, Cuba, brevity
• prose craftstyle, diction, word choice, pacing, narration
• Modernist PoetryEzra Pound, T.S. Eliot, free verse, The Waste Land, fragmentation
• clarityclearness, clear, obvious, simplification, concise