This little tool is a favourite of mine when I'm in a time crunch, or firing off an email that begins to seem a little wordy, long, or washed-out: http://www.he

This little tool is a favourite of mine when I'm in a time crunch, or firing off an email that begins to seem a little wordy, long, or washed-out: http://www.hemingwayapp.com/ http://www.hemingwayapp.com/ (Larger context behind the name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceberg_Theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceberg_Theory) Of course the theory itself applies more directly to fiction, but that little tool can be useful to aid thinking through the process of editing.