(case in point)
You can pry those 8,000-word short stories out of my cold dead hands. I am a long-form cranky old lady and proud of it! All my smartphone is good at is wasting my time on Facebook and IG.
Don't buy the premise. How can something be good if it isn't? Being ostensibly succinct can be a crutch for not expressing oneself.
That is me. Laconic to the point of poverty.
laconic is the best word. Better than pithy.
You can pry those 8,000-word short stories out of my cold dead hands. I am a long-form cranky old lady and proud of it! All my smartphone is good at is wasting my time on Facebook and IG.
Don't buy the premise. How can something be good if it isn't? Being ostensibly succinct can be a crutch for not expressing oneself.
That is me. Laconic to the point of poverty.
laconic is the best word. Better than pithy.