Top ten list: an editor's pet peeves #1

First in a series on making every word count

Earlier this year, I taught a course on fiction writing. An attendee asked what my pet peeves were as an editor—what writing issues do I see repeatedly. She clarified her question to focus specifically on the prose, not the story, plot, characters, etc.

She wanted to know how to polish and tighten her writing. A writer after my own heart!