Comments on: Trimming the Fat http://ryanmcshane.com/2009/05/07/trimming-the-fat/ A shoes-off, barefoot blog, aiming to help public relations students and young professionals find their paths in the industry. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:59:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rachel http://ryanmcshane.com/2009/05/07/trimming-the-fat/#comment-64 Tue, 19 May 2009 04:20:26 +0000 http://ryanmcshane.com/?p=285#comment-64 Good post. I love to write and am always looking for ways to be better. I may just pick up “Edit Yourself!”

]]> By: ryanmcshane http://ryanmcshane.com/2009/05/07/trimming-the-fat/#comment-54 Fri, 08 May 2009 14:37:09 +0000 http://ryanmcshane.com/?p=285#comment-54 Ha — Yeah, Dr. N always used to tell us that, when we were doing our media kits in PR Writing and our campaign books in Project. It definitely stuck with me. Tommy and Fullerton also were big advocates of concise writing. Tommy would leave small comments to the side, and Fullerton would bleed his red pen all over the assignment. I miss them all!

]]> By: Erin http://ryanmcshane.com/2009/05/07/trimming-the-fat/#comment-53 Fri, 08 May 2009 14:13:59 +0000 http://ryanmcshane.com/?p=285#comment-53 Good points here. I often forget some of these rules, but I try to use them as often as possible. Thanks for the reminder.

“Trim the fat” — did Dr. Norton say that? I remember hearing it a lot, but I can’t remember which professor said it. :P

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