Answer/Quote: “Write with
powerful verbs and nouns. Word choice defines you as a writer, so choose
carefully. When revising your work, you might find yourself relying too heavily
on adjectives and adverbs. This means your nouns and verbs are weaklings. The
answer isn’t to pile on the modifiers but to strengthen you nouns or verbs.
Take time to find the right word….to say exactly what you mean. Concreteness is
better than abstraction. Shorter is often better.” P. 31.
Comment; I keep searching for how to operationalize
the process we call revising. Or, to put it another way, what do you do when
you revise? Strengthening nouns and verbs and eliminating adjectives and
adverbs is at least part of the answer. RayS.
Title: “Give Readers
a Story, Not Dry Facts.” Chuck Leddy. The
Writer (August 2011), 30-31.
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