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Rewrite and revise. Do not be afraid to seize what you have and cut it to ribbons ... Good writing means good revising.

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Remember, it is no sign of weakness or defeat that your manuscript ends up in need of major surgery. This is a…
The situation is perilous, but there is still one chance of escape.
If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!
It is worse to be irresolute than to be wrong.
Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language.
The surest way to arouse and hold the attention of the reader is by being specific, definitive, and concrete. The greatest writers…
A drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.
The adjective hasn't been built that can pull a weak or inaccurate noun out of a tight place,
The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity.
A dash is a mark of separation stronger than a comma, less formal than a colon, and more relaxed than parentheses.
In exposition and in argument, the writer must likewise never lose his hold upon the concrete; and even when he is dealing…
In his Philosophy of Style, Herbert Spencer gives two sentences to illustrate how the vague and general can be turned into the…

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No one uses a ribbon typewriter any more, but your final draft is not the time to try to wring a few… — Lynn Abbey
The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon. — Robert Benchley
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I'm lying in my bed, blanket is warm, this body will never keep me safe from harm. I still feel your hair,… — Jeff Buckley
I've tried everything. I've done therapy, I've done colonics. I went to a psychic who had me running around town buying pieces… — Jim Carrey
Yes, sir. I'm a real Southern boy. I got a red neck, white socks, and Blue Ribbon beer. — Billy Carter
The things you learn from sports - setting goals, being part of a team, confidence - that's invaluable. It's not about trophies… — Summer Sanders
You might argue that we have become a little too forgiving because, if a perpetrator shows up at a court-martial with a… — Martin Dempsey
Everyone in our culture wants to win a prize. Perhaps that is the grand lesson we have taken with us from kindergarten… — Gerald Early
At the time of Holy Communion I sometimes picture my soul under the figure of a little child of three or four… — Therese of Lisieux
Before AIM, Indians were dispirited, defeated, and culturally dissolving. People were ashamed to be Indian. You didn't see the young people wearing… — Russell Means
Boredom is what you fight. Constant, ever-present boredom. So you learn to look forward to small things. Sunlight glimpsed through a cloud,… — Valerie Wilson Wesley

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