MAKING IT SHORT.

Clarke Wallace
Nov 5, 2023
1 min read

Writing things down isn’t easy. A shopping list not

included. You know what you want to say. When it’s done read it over. How come what’s written doesn’t convey

what you wanted it to?

Welcome to the club. Writing isn’t easy. It comes with

Editing. Lots of it.

The solution is reading whatever you’ve done several (many)

times. Then edit, edit, edit.

AUTHOR’S COMMENT: Editing is everything. Until

what you’ve got down works for you. Then edit it again.

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