Red Editing Pen
Each month, we give you a few sentences which would all benefit from some careful use of your red editing pen. As writers, and regular readers of Writing Magazine, you should not find any of these too difficult. But if you would welcome a little help, you can always check out Richard Bell’s suggested solutions below.
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TRAIN YOUR BRAIN
Here are this month’s examples:
1 Within the writers’ circle, Celia was famous for her short stories but was regretfully less skilled at writing full-length novels.
2 Ben had a dry sense of humour, dryer than most writers, which he used to develop his characterisation which was otherwise neither realistic or convincing.