[stylist] Writers' Roundtable, a chapter for your amusement and critique

[LoriStay at aol.com]

Prose benefits from leaving out words of this sort.   I include the word 
"rather" which adds little, and indefinite words in description such as 
"beautiful."   What does that mean?   Much better to actually describe.
Lori
In a message dated 6/2/11 7:13:26 PM, jackieleepoet at cox.net writes:


> 
> I forgot to mention that, as a poet, I not only concentrate on not using
> those "four letter" words, but add to that to always check for "still, 
> yet,
> but, and, then, etc." Poetry truly does require discipline on our
> superfluous patterns of language.
> Jacqueline Williams
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