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The Life-Changing Art of Tidying Up Your Sentences
- February 14, 2021
- Posted by: Brad Wetzler
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In this 30-minute nonfiction and memoir instructional video, writing teacher and book writing coach Brad Wetzler discusses tangible ways that writers can clean up their sentences and write more powerfully.
Here are a few concepts that Brad discusses:
1. Lean on strong verbs.
2. Lose the adverbs.
3. Lose adjectives when possible, too.
4. Lose little qualifiers such as “a bit,” “sort of,” “a little.”
5. Lose vague conceptual nouns.
6. Avoid overstatement and hyperbole.
Author:Brad_Wetzler
Brad Wetzler is an author, journalist, podcaster, and yoga + mindfulness teacher, and writing mentor. He writes books (and articles) and hosts a podcast about adventure healing, emotional wellness, and faith & spirituality. His memoir, “Adventures in Healing,” will be published in 2023.
I began my career as an editor and adventure-travel writer. I served as a senior editor at Outside magazine, and I was a contributing editor at Outside, National Geographic Adventure, and George magazines. I have written hundreds of articles and essays on far-ranging topics.