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Chop, hack, prune and trim…Nick Hornby QUOTES FOR WRITERS

Anyone and everyone taking a writing class knows that the secret of good writing is to cut it back, pare it down, winnow, chop, hack, prune, and trim, remove every superfluous word, compress, compress, compress…
Nick Hornby

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2 comments on “Chop, hack, prune and trim…Nick Hornby QUOTES FOR WRITERS”

  1. Sarah Waldock
    February 4, 2024
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    “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

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