Words to Avoid in Writing



When I read this a couple of months ago, I thought it was good to know, so I am posting the words I am trying to avoid, or use sparingly in my writing.


The following words slow the text down.

Well - Quite - And - Then

Really - Great - Just

So - Very - Good

Totally - That - Like

Use this word sparingly.

Suddenly

Delete or change these and don’t start sentences with them. Now this is hard.

For - And

Nor - But

Or - Yet

So

It is also a no-no to use “ing” words in action scenes.

To read this original post in more detail, please see Lisa’s blog. She has some good writing advice. I hope that she won’t mind me posting a summary here.

http://www.lisafender.com/2013/02/words-to-avoid.html