Most writers, especially unpublished writers, suffer from foggy writing writing that's full of extra, misused, and overused words. Foggy writing drives editors crazy, and often makes publishers and agents reject manuscripts at first glance. Most writers toil their whole lives without ever getting published, and foggy writing is often the reason why. Veteran editor Don McNair lays out an easy-to-follow and systematic method for defogging your writing and getting the sales you deserve in "Editor-Proof Your Writing: 21 Steps to the Clear Prose Publishers and Agents Crave." In his more than 40 years as a professional editor, McNair found that most writers make the same mistakes over and over again, and all of them can be corrected by removing specific words. Eliminating these unnecessary words strengthens action, shortens sentences, and makes writing crackle with life. "Editor-Proof Your Writing" teaches 21 simple, straightforward principles that will show you how to edit weak verb forms, strip away author intrusions, ban redundancies, eliminate foggy phrases, correct passive voice sentences, slash misused and overused words, and correct other writing mistakes. Following these 21 steps will help writers edit their own work to produce sparkling, clear, powerful copy that attracts readers, agents, editors, and sales.