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My main goal is to shorten my sentences or as Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch said: “Murder your darlings.”
Writing Workshop: What are YOU writing? | Write to Done 2009
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In this they seem to be following the lead of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, whose On the Art of Writing (1916) recommended the following (at #23):
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After the tea and pleasantries had been dispensed with, Quiller-Couch launched his usual preemptive, presumptuous air strike.
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As we reached the top floor the elevator doors slid open and, after announcing ourselves, we were ushered into a sprawling office that included the couch on which Quiller-Couch napped after lunch each day.
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After the tea and pleasantries had been dispensed with, Quiller-Couch launched his usual preemptive, presumptuous air strike.
Battle of the Bulging British Bridesmaids Con Chapman 2010
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That was Quiller-Couch for you; the sort of gratuitous, extra-legal filigree that clients loved but which was, strictly speaking, obiter dicta, legal window-dressing.
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"That's industry standard, according to the Working Group on Bridesmaids Indentures of Gray's Inn of Court," Quiller-Couch interjected.
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"I think we may need to call in an arbitrator," Quiller-Couch said.
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Quiller-Couch responded as I expected he would, drawing himself up with a look of outraged umbrage, or umbraged outrage.
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Quiller-Couch seemed to sense that we were determined to prevail, and stood up to greet us.
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