Clearing the clutter …

… William Zinsser, Author of ‘On Writing Well,’ at His Work - NYTimes.com. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

“Clutter is the disease of American writing,” he declared in one passage that tends to haunt anyone daring to write about Mr. Zinsser. “We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills and meaningless jargon.”