![A screenshot of the second draft of Truthwitch showing the wordcount of 155,877 words A screenshot of the second draft of Truthwitch showing the wordcount of 155,877 words](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4bf92ae6-cd41-4050-b717-c9315a5b585e_1484x1028.png)
I am back this week to pick up where I left off in the last newsletter about Tightening Your Prose. I talked about eliminating redundancies and closing your scene “circles” in that post, and today we’ll wrap up with a focus on two things:
Filler actions.
Filler dialogue tags.
And, as a bonus, I’m going to talk about one of my most favorite (I mean favorite, favorite, favorite) literary tools: slowing time.
Let’s get started!
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