~ use TTS to check on your writing
~ clearly separate writing and editing
Read over your compositions and whenever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out
— Samuel Jakson
which words would you remove for $100 each?
When writing a résumé, a handy trick you’ll learn from experts is to ask yourself if there are any words in your first draft that you would be willing to remove for one hundred dollars each.
— 📖 Fail at Everything
> As one of my favourite writing professors used to say, -39 points for not having a point.
— Maggie Appleton
~ delete all adverbs and adjectives in a paragraph, then restore only the needed ones
— 📖 Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace