Train your brain: 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.
Here are this month’s examples:
1 Back in the 1960’s, David would always try and persuade both his publisher as well as his agent to work together.
2 Gregory could hardly claim to be a member of the establishment, but he had generally been held in high estimation among his colleagues – until he was charged with a felony.