Every book on writing tells you to avoid adverbs (and even adjectives). I find that hard to do in first drafts, but I do try to remove them in edits. You can tell that I haven’t done enough editing if you see that I “really like” something or that a new programming language is “pretty good”.

Season 3

• Write While True Episode 28: Complex Sentences
• Write While True Episode 29: Loose Sentences

Books

• The Golden Book on Writing by David Lambuth
• The Elements of Style by Strunk & White
• Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg

Sweep Editing

• Write While True Episode 6: Editing First Drafts
• Write While True Episode 7: Find Your Voice
• Edit in Sweeps

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