And Have Fun Doing It

By Annette Rey

Why do professionals advise writers to limit the use of adverbs? Aren’t adverbs descriptive words? Don’t they give a visual to readers of what is going on?

These are good words. Personally, I like them. My lazy side prefers them.

And that is the point. It’s harder to write a sentence that shows the reader what is going on. It takes more thought to find descriptive words. It takes more time. But the results are worth it. You will have more pride in your work and the reader will have a better reading experience.

So let’s look at a few of those adverbs and learn substitutions for them.

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