#wordWeavers 4/4: Is there writing advice you used to follow but changed your mind?
Stephen King contended in On Writing that one shouldn't use adverbs--instead, choose a more precise verb. I've seen this expand, somewhat inexplicably, into "don't use adjectives" as well, and endless lists of alternatives to "said," and "filter words." All of this prescriptivism creates a very particular type of prose that isn't me. I've decided to revel in the poetic. Sometimes that means adverbs.
EH Lupton /
npub1xy…jsh59
2024-04-04 11:08:15
Author Public Key
npub1xyw47vujyx4madvtlq5yltmzfp3zxmyl8rjyt87zhfcqtv0kr08qjjsh59Published at
2024-04-04 11:08:15Event JSON
{
"id": "c57e0df98baf88984b7cf8995d8f3540d9a3cdabe5264d2a5c47e66e78f4a0d1",
"pubkey": "311d5f339221abbeb58bf8284faf624862236c9f38e4459fc2ba7005b1f61bce",
"created_at": 1712228895,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"wordweavers"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://romancelandia.club/users/pretensesoup/statuses/112212632897097990",
"activitypub"
]
],
"content": "#wordWeavers 4/4: Is there writing advice you used to follow but changed your mind?\n\nStephen King contended in On Writing that one shouldn't use adverbs--instead, choose a more precise verb. I've seen this expand, somewhat inexplicably, into \"don't use adjectives\" as well, and endless lists of alternatives to \"said,\" and \"filter words.\" All of this prescriptivism creates a very particular type of prose that isn't me. I've decided to revel in the poetic. Sometimes that means adverbs.",
"sig": "6ee2e95ea2eb4d1b5319145966a1c2cfe44233ce6820f60bb43d278ea43115773aa90619d251ecd0cfd02a72b4513e8d4d6e888d24d90f7fe9c20dd172f88366"
}