A Week of Writing: 5/10/21 to 5/16/21

Another week in the books. Here’s how I did.

Words to Write By

This week’s quote is one I’ve used before, but it’s a fun one, so I’m going to use it again.

“Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”

— Mark Twain

You’d be surprised at how effective this is. Here are some examples pulled from one of my works in progress where I’ve done the very/damn swap.

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