Whittle it down

I want to take some time today to discuss the importance for you to make sure you are not including a bunch of unnecessary words in your sentences, paragraphs and your entire writings.

As an example, let's edit and rewrite that first sentence.

Make sure you are not including unnecessary words in your writings.

We knocked out 22 words.

Now for a little more editing. Instead of "Make sure you are not including," let's make it "Don't use..."

Now our sentence reads: Don't use unnecessary words in your writings. Compare this to the first sentence and notice how crisp the latest version is.