Verbose is not a synonym for literary. — Constance Hale, Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose
Verbose is not a synonym for literary. — Constance Hale, Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose
Verbose is not a synonym for literary. — Constance Hale, Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose
Verbose is not a synonym for literary. — Constance Hale, Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose
Verbose is not a synonym for literary. — Constance Hale, Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose
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Verbose is not a synonym for literary.

— Constance Hale, Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose
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