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Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose, by Constance Hale

wimp verbs (appear, seem, become). Often, these allow a writer to hedge (on an observation, description, or opinion) rather than commit to an idea:

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Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose

Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose

by Constance Hale

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