“Sentences are a little like purses: They come in various sizes
and can hold a little or a lot.” (Bill Roorbach, Writing Life
Stories) “Just as there are arts of weaving and fly-fishing and
dancing, so there are arts of sentence making. “…Writing is a
partnership with the reader.… The way you put your sentences
together counts a good deal toward how your reader will
understand what you say. “You can … arrange, rearrange, or
prearrange them to suit particular purposes. “The writer shapes
the sentence to indicate how readers should construe the
meaning.… Building a sentence, then, is a way of defining and
specifying meaning, of focusing a reader’s attention.…”
(Collette and Johnson, Finding Common Ground) “… In artful
prose, [sentence] length is controlled and varied. Some stylists
write short sentences to strike a note of urgency.” (Joseph F.
Williams, Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace) “… Short
sharp sentences increase tension in a scene.” (Lynda R. Young)
Here’s how Kristen Welch writes short sentences