octavia_cade's review
3.0
A quick, interesting read - I particularly liked the "syllables as basis of text" idea - but otherwise not much use to me. With my non/fiction, editorial comments are invariably on what needs expanding. For writers who habitually work too short, cutting down's not the problem!
dustinwrites's review
5.0
An excellent how-to
Concise list of ways to remove the fluff from our writing which slows it down and takes away the punch.
Concise list of ways to remove the fluff from our writing which slows it down and takes away the punch.
tracydurnell's review
4.0
Concise but well explained. I already tend to cut about 15% when I edit but the approach here sounds like it may be faster and/or have a better result. I'll give a try.
abetterjulie's review
2.0
I'm the odd man out, once again. There's nothing wrong with this book, and I'm sure it's helpful for a new writer. I found irony in the typo on page 11. The tall bimbo line made me roll my eyes. This felt more like a lengthy blog post than a self-editing manual for a modern writer. I think parts could confuse a new writer, especially without a discussion of the lyrics of sentence and the development of an editing eye through reading lots and lots of other people's work. All of his suggestions are true, and if you don't practice these habits, you absolutely should. I was just the wrong audience, I think.
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