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EPISODE · Sep 29, 2020 · 16 MIN

Should You Omit Unneeded Words?

from How to Write Good · host Daniel Poppie

Omit unneeded words. This is a famous piece of writing advice from The Elements of Style by William Strunk, and his little manual on writing might be the most famous book on writing to exist. But is the advice above good advice. On Today's episode of How to write good, I am going to talk about whether we should follow this advice and how we should think about it.My Book: https://amzn.to/31UI7ZgMy Newsletter:https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/a1r2k2HTWG Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/howtowritegoodHTWG Twitter: https://twitter.com/danielpoppieHTWG Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howtowritegoodOne Last Toast for Ebenezer Fleet:https://www.spreaker.com/show/one-last-toast-for-ebenezer-fleet

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