“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 15 years, I’ve helped more than 400 novelists and nonfiction authors obtain their publishing dreams at reasonable prices. I’m also the author of the Storytelling 101 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.
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