{"id":11445,"date":"2021-05-17T01:00:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/?p=11445"},"modified":"2023-12-27T12:04:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T16:04:12","slug":"what-closet-tidying-taught-me-about-editing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2021\/05\/what-closet-tidying-taught-me-about-editing\/","title":{"rendered":"What closet tidying taught me about editing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Audition your words to go in, not out<\/h2>\n<p>When Lynn Wylie, aka Best Sister Ever, sent me an Unfancy blog post arguing that all you need to look great every day is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un-fancy.com\/capsule-wardrobe-101\/how-to-build-a-capsule-wardrobe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">capsule wardrobe of 37 items per season<\/a>, I scoffed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26699\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26699\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26699\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2021\/05\/what-closet-tidying-taught-me-about-editing\/editing\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/editing.png\" data-orig-size=\"450,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"editing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come out of the closet&lt;\/strong&gt;\u00a0When cutting clutter from copy or closets, change your focus from what repeats deck; please change goes out to what stays in. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/white-shirts-hanging-on-rack-built-155388371&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image from TaraPatta&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/editing-300x200.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/editing.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/editing.png\" alt=\"Editing\" title=\"Editing\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26699 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/editing.png 450w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/editing-300x200.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 450px; 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please change goes out to what stays in. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/white-shirts-hanging-on-rack-built-155388371&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image from TaraPatta&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/editing-300x200.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/editing.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/editing.png\" alt=\"Editing\" title=\"Editing\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/editing.png 450w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/editing-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Come out of the closet<\/strong>\u00a0When cutting clutter from copy or closets, change your focus to what stays in. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/white-shirts-hanging-on-rack-built-155388371\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Image from TaraPatta<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After all, Dear Reader, Aunt Ann is a maximalist. I love Jessica Harper&#8217;s quote in <em>Pennies From Heaven<\/em>: &#8220;It&#8217;s not the money; it&#8217;s the stuff!&#8221; My jewelry box is seven stories high. When someone asked my husband about my hobbies, he replied, &#8220;Ann&#8217;s sport is dressing for dinner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Focus on what goes in, not what goes out.<\/h3>\n<p>However, Dear Reader, Aunt Ann is also OCD. I love a place for everything and everything in its place. So when I read <em>how<\/em> Unfancy suggests you get to 37 garments a season, I was intrigued:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Empty your closet.<\/li>\n<li>Review each item in your wardrobe.<\/li>\n<li>Return to your closet only the garments you absolutely love.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In decades of closet-cleaning-as-entertainment, this is by far the best approach I&#8217;ve found. I now have all of the clothes I want to wear, and none of the ones I don&#8217;t. Plus, my closet is now uncluttered and gorgeous. Shelves once stuffed with T-shirts and yoga pants now display glittering evening bags and bracelets.<\/p>\n<h3>Spring-clean your copy.<\/h3>\n<p>So I wondered: Can we adapt this approach to cutting clutter from our copy? Then I remembered: We already have!<\/p>\n<p>This is the approach editing genius George Stenitzer recommends in &#8220;An Act of Commission.&#8221; When editing, George uses a highlighter to identify what stays in the message instead of a red pen to identify what goes out.<\/p>\n<p>It seems like a simple shift, but it works. So give it a go. 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