Cut The Fat; Make Your Writing Lean: #Tip 02.

Many writers welcome the sharing of ideas that might improve our craft. So, let’s chop the fat from our writing. Make it lean and trim. Readers will thank us.

In this series, I’ll look at some common redundancies. (I had hoped someone perspicacious might point out that the first post title in this series used a redundant adjective, ‘out’, but no matter. I’ve removed it for the remainder.)

But, reading this and nodding wisely in agreement won’t do. We need to stay alert to those extraneous wo...