Writers Tricks of the Trade VOLUME 8, ISSUE 4 | Page 18

Thought leader . “Thoughts aren’t
ranked or scored. How can someone hold
a thought-lead, much less even lead by
thought?”
Importantly . “Totally unnecessary
when ‘important’ is sufficient.”
Accoutrements . “Hard to spell, not
specific and anachronistic when ‘accesso-
ries’ will do.”
Most important election of our
time . “Not that we haven’t had six or
seven back-to-back most important elec-
tions of our time.”
M AYBE IT IS TIME TO PUT SOME OF THESE
OVERWORKED WORDS AND PHRASES
TO REST .
W RITERS ’ T RICKS OF THE T RADE
P AGE 13
W INTER 2019