🎶Just One of Those Things🎵 from James W. Ziskin

What bad habits have you ditched to make yourself a better writer? What good habits have you picked up?
Me trying to write with Tinker on my lap















Trigger warning: I’m going to butt up against conventional wisdom here.
—Hi, my name is Jim and I’ve ditched the practice of searching for and replacing the word “just” in my manuscripts.
—Hi, Jim!
Lots of writers practice this ritual. Somewhere along the way, the word “just” became VNG (verbum non gratum). “Just” gets bullied. Writers pick on it. They’ve de...