Putter in or taker out
This is more a response to, or a continuation of the thread 'Chocolate' started by Hen on the writing from abc board.
Here I am sitting at my desk munching lunch and reading Prospect when the following paragraph by Kate Jennings grabs my eye:
"Putters-in and takers-out is as good a way as any to classify novelists. Putters in: writers who pile on atmosphere, adjectives and argument, who share with their readers all their thoughts and research, who follow storylines like a dog on the loose. Takers-out: writers who fiddle every word, who know exactly what Samuel Johnson meant when he said that when you think you've written a particularly fine passage, strike it out."
Quite a good little article and one which comes down on the side of the takers-out.
Hwyl!