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Cut. Awkward, rephrase. When I first saw these bolded words plastered all over the draft of my first ever Daily Bruin story, my heart sank. I had worked on that story for hours, poring over every minute detail, fleshing it out with fanciful language.

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Discovering my role to help writers flourish creatively -30-

By William Thorne

June 9, 2018 2:11 a.m.