Squash those wiggle words

Need kind of a quick tip to make your writing a bit tighter? Get rid of some of those wiggle words; you know, the words that tend to leave you an out? That perhaps make you sound less confident? That should pretty much do the trick.

But seriously, folks. Here’s that same weak, flabby paragraph with the wiggle words surgically removed . . .

Need a quick tip to make your writing tighter? Get rid of those wiggle words; you know, the words that leave you an out? That make you sound less confident. That should do the trick.

Class dismissed!