30. Finding Nouns and Verbs

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 [amazon affiliate link] by David Lambuth The Elements of Style [amazon affiliate link] by Strunk & White Writing Down the Bones [amazon affiliate link] by Natalie Goldberg Sweep Editing Write While True Episode 6: Editing First Drafts Write While True Episode 7: Find Your Voice Edit in Sweeps Transcript