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Mystery Solved — This Is Where Your Edited Words Go

Mystery Solved — This Is Where Your Edited Words Go

What do you do with the words you cut out when editing?

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E Mark Moore
Oct 14, 2024
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"Well, what a massive waste of time and effort that was!"

Has editing your latest draft left you with a deluge of debris you wish you never wrote?

As a writer and proofreader, I'm used to cutting wads of words from my writing. When working on a document for another writer, I try to be a little less lively with the backspace key.

Talented fellow writer Evel…

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