Verbose Usage
We are in a society where most people don't talk. Yet many think they need to be verbose to be good especially as a writer. It is all about the number of words you use. People are fixated on that number. Why do we have to be so verbose?
I was editing a novel that was exceedingly long and wordy. I suggested that she cut out a few words in this one scene to smooth it out and tighten the flow. The author was horrified. She said she had to have a certain number of words to be seen as a good writer. What?????
I always fall back on Edgar Allan Poe. He wrote short stories that were vibrant and legendary. He didn't have to write 100,000 words to be good. He accomplished that in a fraction of the amount.
We can get too wordy. How can we fix it? (https://medium.com/writers-guild/fixi...) What are your opinions?
I was editing a novel that was exceedingly long and wordy. I suggested that she cut out a few words in this one scene to smooth it out and tighten the flow. The author was horrified. She said she had to have a certain number of words to be seen as a good writer. What?????
I always fall back on Edgar Allan Poe. He wrote short stories that were vibrant and legendary. He didn't have to write 100,000 words to be good. He accomplished that in a fraction of the amount.
We can get too wordy. How can we fix it? (https://medium.com/writers-guild/fixi...) What are your opinions?
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