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Reader Quotes by James J. Kilpatrick
- If you would write emotionally, be first unemotional. If you would move your readers to tears, do not let them see you cry.
- Use familiar words-words that your readers will understand, and not words they will have to look up. No advice is more elementary, and no advice…
- The chief difference between good writing and better writing may be measured by the number of imperceptible hesitations the reader experiences as he goes along.
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