“If you could give 3 writing tips for good style, what would they be?”
1. Use images
"... and those that have not been used so often that they are almost part of everyday language. And then you knead and push them around until they fit perfectly. Even a linguistic image egypt telegram screening made up of ten words often says more than a thousand words that surround it.
And then let them go free to find their own way. Protagonists do special things, maybe have crazy characteristics, but they also simply represent people. They have their way of talking, certain gestures, one clears his throat when he's nervous, another blushes or stutters. Let them have their peculiarities, but also let them have their everyday nature. Then you create people with whom you feel and suffer. This also results in much better dialogues that sound real and not as wooden as a whole forest.
3. Delete
Cross out what you don't like or what doesn't touch you. At least I sometimes find myself getting stuck on certain passages over and over again when I revise them. Working with my wonderful editor Claudia Grundschok, I learned a trick that seems banal at first glance but is so effective: if something bothers you, it probably just doesn't belong there and has to go. Or to put it another way: no shards, no mosaic."