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Five quick tips to cut words count: Editor's Notes #297 October 02, 2019 |
Hello, —Chinese proverb In this issue: 1. Five quick tips for cutting your word count 2. Tickled my funny bone 3. Interesting Web site 4. Writing prompt 1. Five quick tips for cutting your word count Most writing is better when it’s made shorter. [8] Cutting makes most writing better. [5] Although cutting chapters, paragraphs, or sentences make a big impact, removing individual words or phrases can also add up. Add these tips to your revisions to cut your word count and achieve more elegant and powerful writing.
Send me your own tips on cutting your word count. With your permission, I’ll pass yours on to other readers. =========== 2.Tickled my funny bone Did you hear about the fellow whose entire left side was cut off? He's all right now. =========== 3. Interesting Web site For more on auxiliary verbs, see this page. https://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-lesson-auxiliary-verbs.php/ =========== 4. Writing prompt I opened "Five quick tips for cutting your word count" with two sentences, each followed by its word count in square brackets. Do you see how they mean the same thing with fewer words? I’ve left in other sentences with too many words. Cut as many words as you can from my tips. Then go on to work on some of your own wordy work. I welcome your revisions of my writing in a return email. =========== Join Writer's Helper Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/WritersHelperEditor Follow me on Twitter @AudreytheEditor Link on LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/audreyowen (Email me first so I know how you know me.) =========== If you know a writer who would appreciate receiving Editor's Notes, forward this issue. If someone has passed this on to you, you can get your own free subscription by signing up at https://www.writershelper.com/newsletter.html |
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