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Glad to see I’m not the only one to go on editing rants.
The best part, to me, of John G. Hartness’ post of “Rude Truths about publishing and writing – Part 347” from Magical Words 8/21/2015 is his first point.
Kill Adverbs. Stabby, stab, stab.
Not only does he tell you why to kill them, but how to kill them.
If you got an adverb + verb combo, just make the verb more powerful. Search on “ly (space)” and start knifing the adverbs.
He has three more points – A trident maybe? Anyway, read all of them here: