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...ugly interlopers threaten to choke off your story, depriving it of much-needed nutrition, sunlight and water. Identify and cut those weeds _ the life-sucking adverbs, the shade-killing descriptions that don__ move the story forward, the crowding passive voice sentences.
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...ugly interlopers threaten to choke off your story, depriving it of much-needed nutrition, sunlight and water. Identify and cut those weeds _ the life-sucking adverbs, the shade-killing descriptions that don__ move the story forward, the crowding passive voice sentences.
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