Not-So-Basic Writer Shit

The Not-So-Basics

People asked me if I was ever going to expand on my basic writer shit you gotta know post. You're reading the "yes" answer right now. In this post, I'll leave poetry alone and focus only on fiction.

Adverbs are your enemy. Ruthlessly cull them from your writing except where necessary (see what I did, there?).Very, really, actually, seems, began to, and other qualifiers need to be eliminated. These are words we use when we're trying to figure out what to say during a first draf...