By: Garin Kilpatrick
“A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.” -Marianne Moore
There is a scene from the Academy Award Winning movie A River Runs Through it where a young boy brings his paper to his teacher, repeatedly, for review. Time after time, the burly teacher hands young Norman back his paper and demands “half as long!” Eventually, after several frustrating fails, Norman’s teacher is satisfied with Norman’s paper. Norman’s final paper is only a fraction of the original size, yet tells the same story, and Norman has received the editing lesson of his life. While we’re not Norman’s teacher, we do have a few tips to help you edit your own writing more effectively.
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