My second favourite George Orwell tip is ‘If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out’.
And if you’d like to tweet a link to THIS post, here’s my suggested tweet:
Writers’ BLOCKbusters: cut it out http://wp.me/p5gEM4-1ud #writingtips via @SandraDanby
Especially “that.”
🙂 SD