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“Jane '''spanked''' the ball through the covers and '''galloped''' to the non-striker’s end.” | “Jane '''spanked''' the ball through the covers and '''galloped''' to the non-striker’s end.” | ||
We call this the “James Ellroy oblique strategy”: the crime writer | |||
stumbled upon it when his editor told him to cut 100 pages from his ''L.A. Confidential'' manuscript. Adamant that removing any characters or plot-lines would kill the story, Ellroy combed the draft nixing every adverb, most adjectives and many verbs, in the process creating a distinctive style he’s stuck with ever since. | |||
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*[[ | *[[Adjective]] | ||