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A Not-So-Concise Guide to Economical Writing

By Marjorie Burke, published Oct 04, 2007
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I'll explain to all of you the reason that I am writing this educational article so that you can easily avoid making some of the same mistakes I'm making, such as using too many unnecessary words.

Way too often, people who are writing their personal letters or school term papers like to throw in some extra words in order to bring about the result of making their work sound more intelligent or making them seem like they're smarter.

The result that usually comes about is that whoever is reading the letter or paper or something else written gets so bogged down in all the unnecessary words that they have to go back to the beginning and reread it so they can really understand what it is that you're actually trying to say.

Now this is quite possibly the poorest excuse for a written article that is supposed to contain lots of those searchable words and phrases, but how else can I effectively offer the good advice that I think lots of writers need in order to make their writing more economical? Writers won't always have the kind of chance that they get on AC to just write and write and write without too much concern for maximum word limits.

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Ah...the good old days. I never called you names but I also never sent anything out unless the writer had your Seal of Approval. Would that you'd come back...ML just doesn't have it. Ambivalence is not a good trait for an editor. (Did I say that? ;-} )

Posted on 10/15/2007 at 6:10:00 AM

 
Ha!

Posted on 10/04/2007 at 10:10:00 AM

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