I liked that the "An Approach to Style" mentioned rewriting sentences in order to understand how style can change through every word. This seems to be something that has always helped me. I can almost never write a sentence the way I want the first time I actually put it down. Writing with nouns and verbs seems like it gives the paper better imagery and voice. Nouns and verbs are probably the best way to paint a picture of what you are trying to say. Overwriting applies to me because I can drag certain ideas on while trying to explain them. They make a good point that a computer can be dangerous because your fingers can take over and have you end up writing a bunch of nonsense. This also falls under #11 with trying to explain too much.
Writing in a way that comes naturally is obvious to me. I don't think I can write in any other way than the way that naturally comes to me. Critiquing how it comes out may be a better way of explaining this approach. They are all good things to keep in mind when writing and revising because they can all be used and thought of in one way or another.
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