November 22 Activity: The Power of Using Specific Words in A Memoir

November 22 Activity: The power of using specific words in a memoir

For some reason, many writers feel that adjectives give details to their story. They think of them as specific words. This may be true of some adjectives such as American or red. The same is not true of most adjectives. Some people think that an adjective here and there adds depth to a memoir. Alas, this is often not so. Many adjectives are really flabby words that pretend to say something but actually don’t add up to much...