Writing Tips: Adverbs are Evil
Writing Tips: Adverbs are Evil
First off… What is an Adverb?
Wikipedia Says: “Adverbs typically answer 3 questions such as how?, when?, or where?… Alternatively, an adverb may be contained within a sentence element.” Such as “An extremely small child entered the room.”
Why are Adverbs evil? Basically… They are overused. People use them to try to get a point across when the point was already made with the adjective. What gets to me is when people used the word “really” in front of everything. That really annoys me… wink wink.
After you finish your first draft, go back a look for those pesky adverbs. Ask yourself, Are they truly needed? If they are… ok then. Leave them in there. If they are not… Take them out. Adverbs are words that we use in our everyday conversation. They help us emphasize the feelings in our voice. You can’t always hear that voice in prose. You have to express that feeling in other ways.
Just be careful where you use adverbs.
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