Chapter 4 Summary: Accuracy in Word, pg. 71 to 77

Accuracy with Words

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Our special little section of Chapter 4 covered issues of flow and clarity, and began with a review homonyms. Most will not confuse most people, but some of the more treacherous examples, such as mail and mail could be baffling if one is doing a story on a knight delivering letters. the nxt section was on eliminating redundancy, and it came directly after the previous session. In a nutshell, redundancy reduces readability, upsets flow, slows the down the pace of the piece, and does not stimulate the audience. redundancy is not recommended. One should avoid it as much as possible. It will not stimulate your audience. In addition to redundancy between sentences, one should be wary of phrases like "absolutely necessary" and "free gift" that sound less than intelligent and take up extra space. Following soon after, the next section deals with transition words, which yet again should be employed in the interests of flow. For instance, common ones like "however" and more sophisticated ones like "be that as it may" are extremely useful and work to stimulate the audience. For professional writers, other techniques like regularly referencing key words also improve the flow of a piece.

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With love,

Maxwell "The Treacheroush Rat Bashtard" Rausch
Shannon "The Honeysuckle Kid" Findlay
Kris "Shadowlion" Hoyt
and Jesse "The Chain-Mailin' Prick" Snyder