In writing, please get to the point

While trying to read and get a flow for the article “A Union of European Cultures,” by Peter Wortsman [Aug. 1], I could not help but think of the motto of one of my journalism professors: If your article is too flowery, you are trying too hard.

Patricia Castro

Montebello

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