Let me clear my throat...

I wrote stories as a kid and a diary in my teens. Then, I trained as a journalist. When I began to write exclusively for web I found that factual writing meant stripping down layers of unnecessary words and ‘throat clearing’. Throat clearing goes like this: “At a time of desperate global economy worries, many homeowners are facing financial meltdown as they struggle to meet with the increasing cost of living.” Now read the sentence again starting at “many”. It still says the same thing doesn’t it? I don’t like waffling on. I...