The rules about writing say that less is more.
Make it terse.
Keep it simple, stupid.
Omit needless words.
Tighten your writing!
That's what a student of mine, along with yours truly, did today in my Feature Writing course. We took an 822-word published story and, using our editing scalpels (our brains), reduced it by about 50 words. And we did this without loss or distortion of meaning.
Puts me in mind of that great 1968 funk song "Tighten Up" by Archie Bell and the Drells.
Turn your sound up and click here to have a listen.
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