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Nuts & Bolts (6-10) - Coggle Diagram
Nuts & Bolts (6-10)
Pace and space
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Learn the rules, but writer has many options
Most punctuation is required, but some is optional
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Divide words, phrases, ideas into convenient groupings
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Colon
Announces word, phrase, or clause
Ellipses, brackets, exclamation points, and capital letters
Inventive writer can inject organ stops of voice, pitch, tone
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Cutting
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Whatever comes out must be block by block, not sentence by sentence
Brevity comes from selection, not compression
Prune the big limbs, then prune out the dead leaves
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Cut weakest quotations, passages, scenes
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If unsure mark optional cuts, decide later if final cut
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If pressed, shoot for draft and a half
Then, cut phrases, words, syllables in a hurry
With each revision make tighter, stronger, more precise
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For cuts, target:
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Restatements
A sultry, humid afternoon
Watch the -ings
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Weakens verb by:
Adding syllable, -s or -ed usually does not
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Long sentence
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List of products, names, images
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Give twist
Establish pattern, then give twist
If two or more ideas are parallel, they are easier to grasp in parallel grammatical form
Balance single words with single words, phrases with phrases, clauses with clauses
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Instead of boom, boom, boom
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Superman stood for truth, justice, and the American way
Not truth, justice, and patriotism
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