Cut The Fat; Make Your Writing Lean: #Tip 04.

Many writers enjoy sharing 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.
But, reading this and nodding wisely in agreement won’t do. We need to stay alert to those extraneous words that sneak into text, or they’ll reappear. Including this aspect in our editing process should catch most offenders.

Advance warning:
Oh dear: can we warn in retrospect? I don’t think...