Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Words to avoid while writing

These are my own personal notes. Writers may find this tool, or that keeping a list of passive or poorly chosen "words to avoid" to be useful for their own work. Here goes nothing...

Avoid the words:
Just
were
well
so
okay
yeah
only
I felt
anything
something
in an instant
at least
that
now
even
had
had been
was
look
looks
like
Not - anything NOT needs to be reworded to state what IS
Didn't, Don't, Doesn't... Same as above.

watch for:
It
It's

avoid incorrect formatting and grammar:
double spaces
commas
periods
use contractions.

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