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  • "That" is an over-used word. I had my journalists circle it and then re-read their copy to eliminate the clean the copy. I have noticed it is often over-used or incorrectly used in literature, too. I would include it while doing the above, not as an additional. 
  • ...m in the process of self-publishing my novel The Upper End of In Between.  It's a phrase from the book, but I came to this title after having to eliminate the one I intended to use bec...
  • ...client, if I notice certain words or phrases, I'll highlight them so they can see how many times it occurs in the manuscript. I then ask them to eliminate or rephrase as many as possib...
  • Sheri, to answer these questions here: First, e-book purchases completely eliminate this issue.  Not completely. Ebooks are also returnable. It's just less frequent and there's no up f...
  • Thanks for the enlightening post.  It brings to mind a few thoughts:  First, e-book purchases completely eliminate this issue.  Second, why do publishers allow large orders if they wor...
  • ...Amazon. Trade terms open you up to resellers. People who buy your paperback can resell them too. They also create a secondary market. You can't eliminate it, only minimize it. So, usi...
  • ...the rhythm of your sentences, it's much more about who you are, your values, your background, your biases, etc. The more you study the craft to eliminate newbie mistakes and weaknesse...
  • ...ame, not your first, etc.) helps a bit.  Plus, if someone shares my last name, I ask him to use Facebook and Twitter rather than Amazon, just to eliminate the appearance of nepotism.  
  • ...to do this inexpensively, the desire to do it quickly. I did several major revisions over a period of several years, each one costing me $$$, to eliminate even small errors, and even m...
  • ...me feel like my process is normal.   In the new book I'm writing (unlike my two prior novels) I'm trying the whole outlining process, if only to eliminate writing four times more novel...