You know, I admit, off the cuff, I’m just a mediocre writer.
If I don’t edit my writing several times, the original text is ripe with flaws
like misplaced
phrases and redundancies—similar to the news articles that are now shoved
down our throats every day.
Once upon a time in a fairytale world journalists were
writers of note, highly regarded for not only their style, but their writing
acumen—realizing of course, most were edited prior
to publication.
My morning routine is to grab a cuppa joe and check out today’s
Yahoo! news. And every day I shake my head
over the mediocre writing—sometimes to the point of overshadowing my interest in whatever
report or rumor I’m trying to read.
Today’s pet peeve? When hurried, a writer resorts to
familiar words … over, and over, and over again.
