The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.
When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don’t mean utterly, but kill most of them–then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are far apart.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American author and humorist. He has often been praised as one of America’s greatest humorists, and American writer William Faulkner called him “the father of American Literature.”
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Given a choice between a collection of Twain’s words about writing, and the opportunity to attend a university level writing course, I’ll take Twain every time.
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Wisdom personified!!
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Indeed! Twain inserts a bit of his personality into these reflections.
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Too many adjectives make me think that the writer is trying to obtain a particular word count.
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Great point! I write a great deal of poetry, which asks me to value the role of each word. Fortunately, this also helps my occasional short story.
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