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Thursday, December 1, 2005

LEARNING WHAT TO LEAVE OUT

The same way silence is perhaps the musician's greatest tool, the white space on the page is the writer's. It's why we revise and revise, whittling away, paring down until only the necessary words are left. For a great example of a piece in which there appears to be no fat and every word seems to matter, read the play Doubt by John Patrick Shanley. It'll inspire you!

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