The Noob Writes by Cait Gordon How awesome, oh, how awesome I write, except when I totally suck. When once my wit cut right to the bone, now it gurgles while drowning in muck. But no! And lo! This chapter’s not bad, in fact, it’s beyond all compare. But wait, oh great, I read it again, …
Tag: useless words
Editing really, really bad words. Really.
You cannot imagine how useful I found the article, Very and Other Useless Words to Erase Forever from writerscircle.com. The overused words listed in it are: Very/really Suddenly Amazing/awesome That Started This taught me that I really, really have a problem with my manuscript. No, really. I swear, really. It's important to realize that the first draft is going to be the …
Cait Gordon—Speculative Fiction Author 