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    Annalee‏ @LeeFlower 30 Oct 2020

    Annalee Retweeted Dr. Veronica Schanoes

    Hard agree; advice to remove words that the sentence doesn't "need" is very awful.https://twitter.com/schanoes/status/1322207989701451778 …

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    Dr. Veronica Schanoes @schanoes
    I hate advice like this. Words/phrases like “that” or “each and every” can serve important purposes, like making the sentence rhythmic or adding emphasis. It all depends on what you want to accomplish with your writing. Personally, I like purple prose. https://twitter.com/WEKetchum/status/1322199867972849665 …
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      2. Annalee‏ @LeeFlower 30 Oct 2020

        Case in point, the "very" above is putting a little more emphasis on awful, but mostly it is reducing the formality of the phrase, which has its own impact.

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      3. Annalee‏ @LeeFlower 30 Oct 2020

        The "very" changes the voice, and whether we're talking dialogue or narration, it's carrying a lot more weight than mere emphasis on doing so.

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      4. Annalee‏ @LeeFlower 30 Oct 2020

        And now I'm going all in on this example, so I'll point out that Hardison on Leverage says "very awful," which makes him a different character from Sofie, who'd say "terrible," or Eliot, who'd probably just make a face and not say anything.

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      1. Danny Gay-da-Lore-ian‏ @weredawgz 30 Oct 2020
        Replying to @LeeFlower

        a sentence doesn't 'need' a word if it doesn't do what the author needs, and that's it. be that tone, aesthetic, feel, plot or comprehension

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      2. Morgan is also stuck in a canal‏ @demonslayyer 30 Oct 2020
        Replying to @LeeFlower

        One of my former crit partners had a personal vendetta against the word "had." So if I wrote "He had argued but to no avail" he'd want me to change it to "He argued" which in past-tense narrative makes it sound like the argument is happening now in the story vs some past argument

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      3. Valerie Meachum‏ @valeriemeachum 30 Oct 2020
        Replying to @demonslayyer @LeeFlower

        Much sympathy. Correct tense nesting is enough work without then having to argue for it!

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      1. Jeffles‏ @pjoreterffery 30 Oct 2020
        Replying to @LeeFlower

        My email apps have taken to criticizing me for vague language like "possibly" "mostly" and "likely" because it weakens the impact of my statements. Without them I would be lying.

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      1. Ness needs a break‏ @VRicciThode 30 Oct 2020
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        i use the search function to go through and cut words like this as a second last step in editing. the last step is reading it out loud, where i add a bunch of those words back because it sounds better.

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