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This week: Leave out the parts that readers skip

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Elmore Leonard, author of Get Shorty and other hugely successful books, was once asked why his books were so popular and easy to read. Leonard answered, "Simple. I just leave out the parts that readers skip."

This week, when you start revising, imagine yourself as your reader. What parts of the message would you skip?

Leave them out.

Full post as published by Manage Your Writing on December 10, 2007 (boomark / email).

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