My first editor reminded me of some of these great quotes to help guide our students to better writing.
Arthur Quiller-Couch (among others)
“Murder your darlings.”
Samuel Johnson
“Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.”
Elmore Leonard
“If I come across anything in my work that smacks of ‘good writing,’ I immediately strike it out.”
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