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Style Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace Grace  The Art of Writing
I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil. Truman Capote
Five Principles on Concision ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Delete Meaningless Words ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],individual   actually generally really basically kind of
Delete Doubled Words  Full and Complete Each and Every Any and All Hopes And Desires
Delete What Readers Infer ,[object Object],Terrible tragedy Free gift Each individual Basic fundamentals
Replace a Phrase with a Word Clauses  Sequences of subjects and verbs Nominalizations Nouns instead of verbs Replace Use 24 instead of 36 First The thing you do before anything else edit Carefully read what you have written
Change Negatives to Affirmatives ,[object Object],Not different similar Not include   omit
Another Form of Redundancy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Long sentences in a short composition are like large rooms in a little house William Shenstone
Providing Sentences with Shape ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Ethical Responsibility ,[object Object]

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Style: Concision

  • 1. Style Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace Grace The Art of Writing
  • 2. I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil. Truman Capote
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5. Delete Doubled Words Full and Complete Each and Every Any and All Hopes And Desires
  • 6.
  • 7. Replace a Phrase with a Word Clauses Sequences of subjects and verbs Nominalizations Nouns instead of verbs Replace Use 24 instead of 36 First The thing you do before anything else edit Carefully read what you have written
  • 8.
  • 9.
  • 10. Long sentences in a short composition are like large rooms in a little house William Shenstone
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  • 12.