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Skipping, tra la la
Sep. 1st, 2009 09:10 amRandom quote of the day:
"Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip."
—Elmore Leonard, "Writers on Writing: Easy on the Adverbs, Exclamation Points and Especially the Hooptedoodle," New York Times, July 16, 2001
You can read the whole essay here.
( Illustrated version. )
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
"Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip."
—Elmore Leonard, "Writers on Writing: Easy on the Adverbs, Exclamation Points and Especially the Hooptedoodle," New York Times, July 16, 2001
You can read the whole essay here.
( Illustrated version. )
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.