My favorite high school English teacher used to say, "Clear and readable writing indicates clear and well-organized thinking."

I must have been doing something right, because I got A's in her Creative Writing classes, and she sent one of my short stories into the Atlantic Monthly High School Short Story Contest and I came up with an honorable mention.

Also, I have worked as an editor in a couple of jobs, one of which involved trying to make sense out of government documents.

I don't think I misinterpret other peoples' writing anywhere near as much as they try to claim I do. Maybe they need to think a bit before they hunker over the keyboard and start pecking away.

Don Firth