Read excerpts from the winners of Blizzard's writing contest

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

6-05-2009 @ 7:57PM

Karilyn said...

"(write with nouns and verbs, people)"

As a person who generally considers herself to be a fairly solid writer, I must say, it's difficult to emphasize this enough.

Adverbs especially should be avoided. People should brush up on their action verbs vocabulary, and try to find an alternative that adds the desired description without the use of an adverb.

"Swiftly walked" = Hurried
"Arguing loudly" = Squabble or Bickered

Just to name two off the top of my head.

Good writing typically is characterized by being clear and concise.

Add your comments

Your comments:

Remember me

E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.