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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Koloth" data-source="post: 9766974" data-attributes="member: 6706231">One of the more useful classes I had in college was Technical Report Writing.  The gist of the class was how to write about technical stuff for non technical bosses.  Basics are:  Keep sentences short.  Noun, verb.  Noun, verb, direct object.  Avoid connectors like and. Avoid using commas as sentence joiners.The above description written a bit simpler:The single heavy oak door opens to a broad stone built chamber. Heavy tapestries hang from the walls. A twin row of six pillars lead out to an archway on the other side of the room. The air is crisp with a faint tang of incense. Dim torchlight throws long shifting shadows across the room. Shelves and urns are to your right. A pair of robed figures linger near the far arch. They whisper to each other and glance your way.Periods allow the listener(or reader) to finishing processing that sentence.  Shorter sentences are easier for most folks to process.  Avoid long sentences that contain several different subjects.  In the original description, the first sentence deals with: door, chamber, tapestries, wall, row of pillars, archway, other side of room.  That is a lot for a listener to hold on to while waiting for the period.  The first sentence in the re-write deals with the door and chamber.  Much easier for a listener to process.</blockquote>