[Maine Mariner]

My students are required to write an essay of no more than one page, 300 words each semester. It requires them to think clearly and concisely. One of my former students informed me that her managers appreciated the fact that she could write a one page proposal or comment on one.

Mark Twain said that he did not have time to write a short letter, so of course he wrote a long one.

[Vermont Lt]

Good for you. What do you teach? What level?

It is a great skill.

My employees could barely string together four words in an email.

My kids can write, and it sets them apart from their peers.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I've been writing most of my life.
At age 8, I sent a fictional story to Boy's Life that was published back in 1957.

I studied Journalism in college since story telling came naturally to me.
In the broadcast news business in the 1970s, I was forced to write brief copy and actually got into a contest with my news boss.

I bet him a beer that there was no news item that couldn't be reported in two sentences.