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Four Words That Are Killing Your Prose

By Katie Axelson via The Write Practice

In writing, every word counts. Yet often we as writers waste words. We fail to say exactly what we mean. We fill space. We dance around the point and fail to find the exact word we need to describe the scene. Sometimes polishing your prose takes hours of revision but other times the removal of simple words can make a huge difference.

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1. Four Words That are Killing Your Prose http://ow.ly/jXKwD via @Write_practice
2. 10 Directional-Sign Disasters http://ow.ly/jXLj1 via Daily Writing Tips
3. 50 Simple Ways to Build Your Platform in 5 Minutes a Day http://ow.ly/jXLLK 
4. Case Study: A Concept on the Brink http://ow.ly/jXLqU via @storyfix
5. The 411 On Contest Guidelines and Formatting for Writers http://ow.ly/jZ9JC via @Brianklems
6. Maximizing Your Amazon Presence http://ow.ly/jZfMg
7. Keeping Track of Story Details http://t.co/cUio0cKnDh  RT @janice_hardy
8. How WOOL Got A Unique Publishing Deal: http://t.co/LJOkeVcWhk  @PassiveVoiceBlg
9. Notes from Tabor Lane: 18 Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts http://ow.ly/jZVUM
10. Marketing Tips 4 Authors: The Importance of Measuring Trends via @CliveEaton http://ow.ly/k00CH
11. 25 Synonyms for “Sign” and “Symbol” http://ow.ly/k041z  via Daily Writing Ti
12. Why I’m All in with KDP Select http://ow.ly/k061Q  via @bookmarketing33
13. Five Tips to Create Publicity for Your Book http://ow.ly/k06jx
14. The Almighty Edit: Things to keep in mind while editing: http://t.co/CmuA0bYdAg  @PegEditors RT @elizabethscraig
15. How to Right a Book in Nine (Not So) Easy Steps http://t.co/qRhEt51imX  RT @evelyn_puerto
16. Confessions of a Book Promotion Junkie: Unfound http://ow.ly/k1pf7  via @bookmarketing33
17. Marketing Tips 4 Authors: The best marketing campaign ever via @CliveEaton http://ow.ly/k1pra
18. Indie Authors: Eight Things To Think About Before Printing Your Book http://ow.ly/k1pyQ 

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Happy writing & running, Kathy

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