I’ve learned so much from writing this column and needing to work within a limit of 650-675 words. Most weeks the column is much too long when I finish the first writing, and the winnowing of my word count is almost always the longest part of my editing process. Looking at the details I thought were essential to a story, and discovering they aren’t necessary after all, is humbling in a good...
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