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Re: garden columns

Hi Jo Ellen
    You're right, it's hard enough to say something helpful in 550! I've found all I can do under those circumstances is concentrate on one part of one topic (Maybe make it a 3 part topic and use 3 columns?). Forget about adjectives and adverbs or anything that is not necessary.
    I hope they didn't cut your pay rate too. As we know it's harder to write 'less'.
Good luck
Carol
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: jo ellen meyers sharp 
  To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum 
  Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 12:12 PM
  Subject: [GWL] garden columns


  I've just been notified by the Indianapolis Star, that I need to cut 
  my weekly garden column from about 500 words to 350. The paper has 
  decreased its page size and enlarged the print, so there's just no 
  room, the editors say.

  I've been writing 500 to 550 words since 1989, but am unsure if I'll 
  be able to communicate anything useful in 350 words.

  Any thoughts? I'm bummed.
  jems

  -- 
  Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
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  Region III Director Garden Writers Association
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