Writing Tip - Word Repetitions

Today I am going to share something I have learned as a writer: frequent word repetitions can be the ugly wart on Nanny McPhee's face. Have you seen the movie? I thought it was great fun. And the wart was hideous. So was the snaggletooth. I digress...

Frequent word repetition can pull a reader out of the story. They make the reader stare at the page. Or the wart.

Them thar' words might indicate a tendency for the author to write in passive voice (too many be / was words). Or they might be an autho