This might be it for a while as far as posts about my editing philosophy. More pressing matters are upon me.
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I went back and forth on how to style the headline without breaking your brain, but I think I broke mine. Click to find out what’s up.
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Unnecessary words? Sure, I can play that game. Let’s talk about “the quarterback position.” Writing “quarterback” is almost always sufficient.
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Her gesture 12-plus months ago launched a wonderful friendship. We help each other keep going, and we laugh a lot. It all started with bats.
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Suppose a hockey team scored seven goals in a game on the first day of this month and did it again on the 13th.
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Assignment: the elimination of unnecessary words. Pretend they cost a thousand bucks each. We’re slashing! We’re cutting!
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I won’t think less of you if you get this wrong, but I also won’t think fewer of you. Tell me what you think in one sentence or less!
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Some of the most interesting answers I’ve ever heard were in response to what other writers mocked as a bad question.
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I’d recommend a writer use “containment.” There’s already too much coachspeak and announcerspeak in modern sports writing.
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Today I bring an example of things we write and say in sports writing that make me wonder if we ever stop to think about what we’re saying.
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