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turuttituff2000
3y ago
Whatever rocks your art. Being especially careful with adverbs and adjectives is common practice among experienced writers. More examples: “Adjectives are frequently the greatest enemy of the substantive.” – Voltaire “[I was taught] to dist
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turuttituff2000
3y ago
Mark Twain: “When you catch an adjective, kill it.” Stephen King: “The road to hell is paved with adverbs”. But what do they know about fiction? :)