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What are Paul Robert's most important pieces of advice for the student writer?
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How to Say Nothing in 500 Words (a essay)
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Indicate to the reader that you are going to be neither trite nor conventional. Have contrariness. Move from the generality, the abstract statement, to the concrete example. For most the soundest advice is to be seeking always for the picture, to be always turning general remarks into seeable examples.
GET RID OF OBVIOUS PADDING. Make your sentences lean and tough.
BEWARE OF PAT EXPRESSIONS. Beware also of nouns of very general meaning. D...
 
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