Jesus wept. The shortest sentence in the Bible. As a pastor’s kid, this is the type of trivia that I know. Although I know I’m not alone, and that one doesn’t have to be a Bibliophile to know this.
The short sentence has power. You couldn’t guess that I know this from my writing though. The readability analysis of my writing is forever telling me that more than 25% of my sentences contain more than 20 words. Like that last one had 22 so I’ve gone long in just the sentence about going long.
The declarative format. No room for ambiguity. Direct and pointed.
War sucks.
Let’s go.
Love wins.
I’m ready.
Children should laugh.
Say more.
Hope rises.
I recently had the honor of talking with Todd Fulginiti on the Sharing the Heart of the Matter podcast about his new album, Jazz on King, volume 1. As he wrote about so well in a recent Wise & Shine post, he’s worked his way to his style. He described it to my co-host, Vicki Atkinson, and me, as “less is more.”
I suspect the power of the declarative sentence is similar. Thanks for reading. Peace out.
Speaking of short sentences, “I’m sorry” is one of the most effective when used well. I’ve posted The Art of Apology on my personal blog.
Please check out these other items of interest:
More about Wynne Leon and her story-telling journey
Workshop about creativity jump start that I delivered with Dr. Vicki Atkinson
Speaking and workshops on leadership through creativity to build resilient teams
Podcast about the how and why of creativity
Articles and corporate creativity resources
Corporate evaluate your team needs for creativity
Individual creativity survey for individuals
My book about my journey to find what fueled my dad’s indelible spark and twinkle can be found on Amazon: Finding My Father’s Faith.
You can find me on Instagram and Twitter @wynneleon
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