Waste Not
Lazy writers waste words. They use three when one excellent, descriptive verb or adjective will do much better. That's what's called "tight writing." Having written for magazines and corporate newsletters for years, I've learned the value and necessity of tight writing. Usually, I'm given a specific word count. Rarely, I have a crappy subject and I find myself having to pad the copy, because there wasn't much to write about in the first place. More often, however, I find myse