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February 4, 2013

Ferreting Out Filter Words

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  • Tags fiction editing, fiction writing, filter words, self-editing, Susan Dennard, Suzannah Windsor Freeman, writing

4 replies on “Ferreting Out Filter Words”

Hunter Sheasays:
February 4, 2013 at 7:15 pm

Simple yet powerful advice. I’ll bet we all have a lot of unnecessary filter words in our manuscripts. I’m adding this to my editorial key that I use to revise my books. Thank you!

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Lee Allen Howardsays:
February 4, 2013 at 7:29 pm

I was glad I came across it. Someday, I’m going to put all these things into a book on self-editing.

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Russell Jamessays:
February 5, 2013 at 9:44 am

I;ve been seeing so much filtering in published work, I was starting to think this was just a personal pet peeve of mine. Thanks for the validation.

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Lee Allen Howardsays:
February 5, 2013 at 10:00 am

When you see the issue pointed out like this, a light goes on and you can discern the difference between mediocre writing and professional writing. Most editors don’t edit to this level, but I do (now). 🙂

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