David Moser, a noted writer of self-referential stories, demonstrates in this story a satirical style describing how the writer and the writing process itself can interfere with the finished product. David Moser's argument, that writers can better serve their readers by subtracting mundane details and sticking to the fine points of the story, is overshadowed by the verbosity of his own story. One of the first things that came to my mind when I began …showed first 75 words of 255 total…

…showed last 75 words of 255 total…reader. Even though Moser playfully and at times noticeably illustrates other writers' wastefulness of words, his own words that tend to get in my way. In conclusion, Moser's assertion that words get in the way of more words is accurate. Nothing should stand in the way of the message being conveyed to the reader from the author. However, David Moser's attempt to over-accentuate his argument got in the way of my enjoyment of his story.