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I thought my death scene was deep until I was told I was "dragging a corpse through molasses." 💀
I stripped 100 words of fluff down to 39 words of raw nerve.
Here is exactly how to fix purple prose and make violence hurt.
open.substack.com/pub/writerin...
#WritersOfBlueSky #Editing #Grimdark
I stripped 100 words of fluff down to 39 words of raw nerve.
Here is exactly how to fix purple prose and make violence hurt.
open.substack.com/pub/writerin...
#WritersOfBlueSky #Editing #Grimdark
The Anatomy of a Kill: Stripping Prose Down to the Bone
I usually live by the rule of "Do Not Revise." Get it down, get it done, move on.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I thought my death scene was deep until I was told I was "dragging a corpse through molasses." 💀
I stripped 100 words of fluff down to 39 words of raw nerve.
Here is exactly how to fix purple prose and make violence hurt.
open.substack.com/pub/writerin...
#WritersOfBlueSky #Editing #Grimdark
I stripped 100 words of fluff down to 39 words of raw nerve.
Here is exactly how to fix purple prose and make violence hurt.
open.substack.com/pub/writerin...
#WritersOfBlueSky #Editing #Grimdark
