[stylist] Fwd: Re: word limits

[James Canaday M.A. N6YR]

thanks Lori,
hope you're on the phone sunday.


...

is just
>>too long is to look for ways to combine several words into 
>>one.   For example,
>>"came back" becomes "returned."   Also, I look for anything repetitive and
>>think about how to eliminate it.   There is a limit on how far you 
>>can reduce an
>>article, but if the need isn't too great, it can be done.   One of the things
>>that happens when I am preparing Slate & Style (print edition) is 
>>that I try to
>>get an article to end at the end of a page.  This isn't always possible, but
>>very often I find it can be done.   Sometimes it's a matter of leaving only
>>one space between sentences instead of the customary two, but 
>>usually, I need to
>>put together short paragraphs, or rewrite a sentence here or there.
>>
>>I got practice doing this with my journal, when I wanted the entry to be only
>>one typed page.   As I said, (and here's some repetitiveness), it can't
>>always be done.
>>Lori
>>In a message dated 2/18/09 12:09:26 AM, n6yr at sunflower.com writes:
>>
>>
>> > another topic:
>> > does anyone have particular strategies for writing to a word
>> > limit/editing for it?
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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