"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing." Brock Delia-Shea, tech comm graduate student, Spring 2013
"If you can explain something simply, I will assume you're a genius. If you can only use big words in your explanation, I'm going to assume that you don't fully understand what you're talking about." Dr. Amanda Bemer, Southwest Minnesota State University
"To students who drop a quote in the middle of a paragraph or between two sentences: quotes do not have a life of their own and cannot explain themselves to a reader." Dr. Anish Dave, Georgia Southern University
"The line between just enough and too much information is a fine one. In tech writing, either explain it or delete it. No loose ends." Dr. Peter England, Texas A&M University
"Humans are wired for writing. Good writing, though, comes from practice and hard work. Arguments to the contrary are smoke and mirrors." Dr. Peter England, Texas A&M University
"Along with all the artsy-fartsy, romanticized definitions of good writing, I'll add this one: "Good writing is making things you don't care about sound interesting." Dr. Peter England, Texas A&M University
"Suspense does not belong in technical communication. Spoil the ending." Dr. Peter England, Texas A&M University
"The plural of anecdote is not data." Mr. Lee Cornell, Minnesota State University, Mankato