I haven't read Fowler's original work, but I found the samples in this article to be hard to understand (i.e., a tad bit unreadable).

Still, as someone who runs a couple of services to help people write more concisely, I agree with most of his advice.

And although it has nothing to do with Fowler, the title of the article itself was confusing. I almost didn't click on it because I thought it was talking about personality, not writing (since it mentions "oneself," not one's writing). Then the double-negative.

A better title would be something like "On Making Your Writing More Readable."

But then it wouldn't be accepted for publication in The Paris Review, would it..."literary critics’ words" (!).