For almost every book I read, I end up wishing it had been edited down by like 20% of its length. It seems like there's always a lot of fat to trim in terms of unnecessary descriptions etc. Is this just a symptom of a fucked up attention span or am I actually right?

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Anonymous Tue Jul 18 02:17:30 2023 No.22276325 [Reply] [Original]

For almost every book I read, I end up wishing it had been edited down by like 20% of its length. It seems like there's always a lot of fat to trim in terms of unnecessary descriptions etc. Is this just a symptom of a fucked up attention span or am I actually right?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 18 02:19:24 2023 No.22276332 >>22276325 No anon. You must become the autist editor. Edit every book you read into what you think is its perfect form. Then the lit will be pure.

>>	Sir Duncan Crumb (His Lordship) Tue Jul 18 02:21:11 2023 No.22276338 File: 148 KB, 784x1390, C2F88831-35FA-48C7-8156-15123C3278F1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>22276325 >this just a symptom of a fucked up attention span Yes, I fixed mine by crumping.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 18 03:46:34 2023 No.22276554 >>22276338 yep, I'm thinking keyed

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 18 04:13:33 2023 No.22276622 >>22276325 try poetry, dumb faggot.

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