Are You a Word Wrangler or a Sentence Slinger?

We have an amazing language with an abundance of words. In fact, people who learn English as a second language often comment that was have so many words to learn and some have several meanings and spellings to certain ones. However, it seems our extensive lists of words are used sparingly in today’s casual language.

As a writer, I find that I am guilty of redundant words in my writing zone of safety and I usually catch them in rewrites. There are only so many words that describe the perils of...