I'm deep into line edits for my manuscript. Slowly going word by word through 93,000 words. It makes me a little crazy. Just like in yesterdays post, I found a lot of help on Janice Hardy's blog.
Some words tend to be redundant, telling, passive and inactive. These are the words that give me the most trouble:
That
Very
Almost
Really
Even
Since
Although
Thought
Since
Over
Down
Was, were
Have, had, has
Will be
Been
Felt
Janice Hardy has two great posts about this: Spit shine (for a complete list) and Send up the (red) flag.
Good luck with your edits :)
Angie
1 comment:
Angie, I just read your last two posts. So informative. You are a wealth of knowledge! Seriously...thank you for the blog links and for your own insights. I am so appreciative that you are in the critique group with me.
And as long as I'm throwing compliments your way - Wow, you are amazing at cranking out the posts. They are informative and fun...thank you again!
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