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Source: markarayner.com
"Cut. Only by having no inessential words can every essential word be made to count" — Diana Athill
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One of those big rules I keep in front of me. However, there's always a battle! Especially with this neo-Victorian nonsense I write. ;) Sometimes (ashamed to say), the non-cutter sneaks one in and wins.
Writing advice from Mark Twain.
Of course now we'd have to pick another word. Something beginning with the letter f, c or n, I suspect...
