Comments on: Learn how to write more concisely with these 7 tips https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-write-more-concisely/ & Gray-Grant Communications Sat, 08 Jul 2023 19:34:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-write-more-concisely/#comment-6025 Tue, 04 Aug 2015 14:18:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=10951#comment-6025 In reply to Aurore L.

Happy you find my blog helpful, Aurore!

]]> By: Aurore L https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-write-more-concisely/#comment-6022 Tue, 04 Aug 2015 11:06:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=10951#comment-6022 Hello Daphne,

I just caught up my late posts over the last days.
I’m a big fan of your blog although I’m not an English native speaker/reader/writter. Actually I write in French and your advices are so usefull.
This column is definitely for me as I always write too long!

I’ll try your advices next time I’ll go through editing (right now, I’m building writting habits… So I’m not suppose to edit before 6 weeks! 🙂 )
Thanks for your blog! It’s great and so usefull.
Cheers
Aurore

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-write-more-concisely/#comment-5577 Fri, 08 May 2015 20:33:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=10951#comment-5577 In reply to Krithika Rangarajan.

Krithika: I’ve tried emailing you but haven’t heard back. You were the winner of the April book for your comment, above (based on a random draw.) If you can email me your address, I’ll send the book to you. Thanks!

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-write-more-concisely/#comment-5547 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 17:28:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=10951#comment-5547 In reply to Chinrinee.

Glad to help, Chinrinee!

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-write-more-concisely/#comment-5546 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 17:27:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=10951#comment-5546 In reply to Catherine W.

Thanks for sharing your naming protocol Catherine. That’s really smart! I’m going to start copying it.

]]> By: Chinrinee https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-write-more-concisely/#comment-5545 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 10:43:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=10951#comment-5545 Your comment is so powerful and impact my writing style. I always have a problem with regular exceed and don’t know how to cut it. Your tips help to clarify and focus on what I really want to say.

]]> By: Catherine W https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-write-more-concisely/#comment-5544 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 02:34:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=10951#comment-5544 Hi– great column as always! I wanted to echo your comment about cutting sections and putting them in another document for safekeeping. I ALWAYS do this for any writing project I care about. If my main file is blah.docx, then I create a file called blah-rejects.docx, and put the cut sections in, where I can reuse them for another project, put them back in the main doc if I have a change of heart and word count, or if I reshuffle.

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-write-more-concisely/#comment-5543 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 01:32:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=10951#comment-5543 In reply to Heather.

And that’s a GOOD thing to do. Just remember the law of the crappy first draft: https://www.publicationcoach.com/crappy-first-draft/

]]> By: Heather https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-write-more-concisely/#comment-5542 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 01:15:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=10951#comment-5542 In reply to Daphne Gray-Grant.

It is. I guess I’m subconsciously trying to find the best way to get my point across, so I keep writing it in different ways without realizing it until I get to the editing stage.

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-write-more-concisely/#comment-5541 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 01:11:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=10951#comment-5541 In reply to Heather.

It’s interesting how often we repeat ourselves, isn’t it?

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