Make it Right by Making it Tight

Are you over wording? It is easy to do. If you want to have a manuscript that gets you noticed (for the right reasons). Make it right by making it tight!

I found this article by Eugie Foster.

The ABC's of Writing for Kids: Active, Brief, and Cut Cut Cut

I have been introduced to a wonderful tool. (How I missed this one is beyond me.)
FIND and REPLACE Who Knew?

When I want to target the areas in my MS that can be tightened I look for clues. Here are some of the words that are often indicators:

thing, felt, realized, managed, that, just, only, very, really, was, were, is, had, have, all, now, somehow, something, suddenly

This is where FIND and REPLACE comes in handy.

In WORD:
Go to Edit
Go to Find
Go to Replace

Now that you are here type the word to find in lower case.
Type the same word to replace in all caps.

Click replace all.

Once they are in caps, they are much easier to spot.

Happy Hunting!