See Everybody Writes Page 50

Put down the Chainsaw, edit with surgical tools

  • Trim the bloat and fat
  • Shed the obvious
  • Lose Frankenwords
  • Trim word bloat
  • Ditch adverbs
  • Use the present verb tense
  • Create transitions between paragrpahs
  • Draw natural connections between paragraphs
  • Am I painting clera images and using fresh analogies?