Overcoming Adversity Through Adverbs

By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy

This week's Refresher Friday takes another look on why it's okay to use adverbs. Enjoy!

You've no doubt heard it over and over: never use adverbs in your writing. Sound advice, but if you follow it to the extreme, you could miss out on their very useful properties.

As bad a rep as adverbs have, they're actually pretty handy during a first draft. They allow you to jot down how a character feels or how they say something without losing your momentum. You can keep writing, and go back and revise later.
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