Here's an easy way to cut a couple words a page, which adds up over hundreds of pages.
Eliminate "of the" whenever possible.
"The north bank of the Rappahannock" is six words.
"The Rappahannock's north bank" is four.
Just by making this type of cut, I've probably shortened a manuscript of around four hundred pages by almost a thousand words.
Eliminate "of the" whenever possible.
"The north bank of the Rappahannock" is six words.
"The Rappahannock's north bank" is four.
Just by making this type of cut, I've probably shortened a manuscript of around four hundred pages by almost a thousand words.
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