A Repetition Repeat

Avoid Repetition
I’m reading a book by a popular author, and far be it from me to tell him he’s making “mistakes,” but I’m about a quarter of the way through, and already he’s bugging the heck out of me with the way his characters re-tell things the reader already knows. Yes, another character doesn’t know it yet, but these virtually verbatim repetitions have me skimming and gritting my teeth. I thought it might be a good time to rerun a post I did several years ago on the topic. So yes, I’m...