Five Edits to Strengthen Your Writing, Right Now

By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy

Dipping into one of my favorites for this week's Refresher Friday, with an updated look at easy ways to improve your writing. Enjoy!

Back when I was first learning how to write and trying to figure it all out, one of my favorite things to discover was a great writing tip. The tips that I could immediately apply to my work and see actual improvement were the best. I got especially excited over lists of words or specific examples, because I could do a search and find the weak areas right away. Which is probably why I like to do a lot of lists and examples now in my own articles.

While there's nothing inherently wrong with a "weak word," they do tend to hang around trouble areas--just like those red flag words with show, don't tell. They're good places to start looking when something feels off in your work or you're getting negative feedback. If you're just looking for the next step to improve your craft, these are good words to search for to find possible places to revise.

Let's a take a peek at a few of those "weak area words" that often pull readers out of a story.
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