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!
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