Characterize by giving humans characteristics we attribute to animals. How to cut flab, unnecessary words and phrases that weaken the text. Leslie Fiedler . Literary critic and novelist. To clarify the action in a scene, make believe you are a camera filming the action shot by shot.
Readers perceive one element at a time, therefore avoid convoluted sentences.
Christy Brown . Bestselling literary novelist and poet. Writers in Ireland thrive on rich adjectives, but even when they are appropriate, too many adjectives choke the reader like too much pepper in a great soup. Thin out the adjectives unless they are necessary. The effect is to strengthen the prose.