On Sun, 17 Jun 2018 17:23:38 +0100, NY wrote:

"newshound" wrote in message
o.uk...
Similar idea to one of the US 20th century presidents who had a
"formula" if he was asked to do a speech. I forget the numbers but in
essence, if it was a 10 minute speech he needed three months notice.
For a 1 hour speech,
he needed a month. For a 3 hour speech, he could do it next week.

Working out what to leave out, with successive excising of more and more
of the details that you regard as essential, is a major task.

Or in my case, as some of you seem all too aware, trying to keep it
concise (in lieu of 'brevity'), without sacrificing *any* of the
'content'... and failing abysmally (in regard of the former rather than
the latter of my goals). :-(

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Johnny B Good