Reading this I was reminded of some things I had read about Robert E. Howard's writing. He wrote for a medium that was purposefully flowery (pulp fiction) but he somehow had an economy of words that enabled him to tell a larger than life story with full feeling within the constraints of a short story.

How is that different from the old school demo programmers that coded these beautiful demos with ridiculously tiny memory footprints? I don't see the difference, and I treat both with respect.

I'm inspired to start writing again...