Stop while you’re ahead. I used to hear this phrase a lot; not so much nowadays. It means to cut it out, stop doing or saying whatever. It’s useful in a lot of circumstances, but certainly in speaking or writing. One of the hardest things a writer has to do is delete those unnecessary words […]
Aug 18, 2020
Stop While You’re Ahead
Filed Under: Musings · Tagged: brevity, clarity, clean cozies, cozy mysteries, Manos, small town mysteries, speaking, women authors, women sleuths, writing