genderflummox:
"never use this word because it’s common, instead use all of these things that i’ll...
"never use this word because it’s common, instead use all of these things that i’ll call synonyms even though they carry different connotations and will change the meaning of your dialogue if you use them" — very bad and unfortunately very common writing advice
As a writer, I will say this: use the words you want to use. Write the way you want to write. Be authentic to your voice and the voice of the story. Learn what the rules of writing are so that you can then write your own rules. Learn what others do to write so you can ignore it and do your own thing. Because if we all write according to how we’re told to write, all we will do is write the same thing in the same style and never, ever make any progress as storytellers.
Tell your story. Make it readable. That’s all you need.
