Dear fellow writer,
Welcome to Swordcraft, a series of short, sharp weekly videos for writers who want to hone their wordcraft, one snippet at a time.
Today’s 7-minute swordsnip is the fifth in a 6-part sequence for paid subscribers called The World of Wordcraft, which focuses on nitty-gritty issues of grammar, structure, and style. Today we’re looking at clutterbugs, my catch-all moniker for four seemingly innocuous little words that can clog up your prose if you don’t keep an eye on them.
This 6-week World of Wordcraft sequence is loosely based on my book The Writer’s Diet, so I’m running a couple of free Writer’s Diet Clinics to help you shape up your sentences. If you missed the one I offered last week, you can click here to register for this week’s session.
Want to delve deeper into the world of wordcraft? My 6-week Wordcraft Catalyst course is now in its fifth week, but we’re still welcoming new enrollments You’ll have access to all of the resources for the lifetime of the course (in other words, years!), so there’s plenty of time for you to catch up on what you’ve missed. I’d love to see you there!
Kia pai tō koutou rā (have a great day) – and keep on writing!
Helen
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