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Eros's avatar

As someone who practices the venerable arts of prose poetry and poetry, alike, I support your suggestion that we excise each useless word, like seeds in bread, so that the reader's teeth may drive home unimpeded.

P.S. Your quote selection is rather inspiring. ;)

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Steve Kelsey's avatar

Great advice. Sparse writing can be a foil to indulgent writing where one constants the other to great effect. I find this helps with dialogue as well.

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Thaddeus Thomas's avatar

I've learned the importance of contrast and am constantly learning it again!

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Steve Kelsey's avatar

The more I write the more I learn

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Daan Katz's avatar

I love these essays. They show me the mechanisms behind my writing. They challenge me to improve. And they leave me dying to try new things.

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Thaddeus Thomas's avatar

Thank you for that encouragement. It's what I'm aiming for!

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Zivah Avraham's avatar

I love how you show the different iterations/improvements to this paragraph. Thank you. Very useful.

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Thaddeus Thomas's avatar

I'm glad it worked for you. I was wondering if it did what I wanted it to.

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