Editor-proof your writing
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McNair explains the common mistakes made by most writers and shows how eliminating unnecessary words strengthens action, shorten sentences, and makes writing crackle with life. Containing twenty-one simple, straightforward principles, Editor-proof your writing teaches how to edit weak verb forms, strip away author intrusions, ban redundancies, eliminate foggy phrases, correct passive-voice sentences, slash misused and overused words, and fix other writing mistakes.
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This is concise and actionable. It gives you clear things to think about not only while editing but while writing to make your work clearer.
This man has been an editor for over 50 years and he knows what it takes to get published. Concise writing with good books will get sold a whole lot easier.
This is a valuable tool to improve your writing. Period.