“Prune what is turgid, elevate what is commonplace, arrange what is disorderly, introduce rhythm where the language is harsh, modify where it is too absolute.” – Marcus Fabius Quintilianus

“The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.” – Thomas Jefferson

“Write drunk; edit sober.” – Peter De Vries (often misattributed to Ernest Hemingway)

“Inside every fat book is a thin book trying to get out.” – Unknown

“There are two typos of people in this world: those who can edit and those who can’t.” – Jarod Kintz

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My name is Rob Bignell. I’m an affordable, professional editor who runs Inventing Reality Editing Service, which meets the manuscript needs of writers both new and published. I also offer a variety of self-publishing services. During the past decade, I’ve helped more than 300 novelists and nonfiction authors obtain their publishing dreams at reasonable prices. I’m also the author of the 7 Minutes a Day… writing guidebooks, four nonfiction hiking guidebook series, and the literary novel Windmill. Several of my short stories in the literary and science fiction genres also have been published.