Reminds me of the "essays" I wrote in English classes/technical reports. Full of fluff and no substance, just to sound fancy.

It took me a while to learn that writing is not just putting words together and filling the page, but actually to tell something, to convey an argument. That meant learning to get rid of all unnecessary conjunctions and keeping it simple and clear.

I had an "audience" problem in English class.

My teachers all knew whatever boring book/topic backwards as we'd all just spent weeks discussing them in class. Now go write an essay!

Knowing my audience, I skipped the details, got the concepts right and put it down in a page or less because I know my teacher knows the details so I don't need to rewrite them.

Consequently, I didn't do well in English class.

Every once in a while I'm tickled by an author who manages to juggle ornate prose deftly.