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Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:18 pm
Vick says...



Hello everyone! I'm new here, my name is Victoria.

I was wondering when writing is there a word or anything that you over use?
Foe example I noticed I use the word "okay" a lot and my stories can tend to get a bit over dramatic.

How about you?

Thanks ;)
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Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:46 pm
Moriah Leila says...



I use like, right, and seriously a lot. And whenever I am trying to write historic fiction, I inevitably use modern slang that ruins the credibility of my story. But my absolute worse habit when it comes to writing is that I do a lot of telling and not enough showing.
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Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:00 am
Kale says...



Moved to Writers Corner. Writing Activities is more for word games and fun prompts than discussions.

No words in particular come to mind, but I haven't written much recently, so... XD

I definitely abuse the XD and :P smilies while chatting, though.
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Thu Sep 23, 2010 2:17 am
Rosendorn says...



Anything that connects ideas, really. Also, so, then, and... I think that's it. Probably more I'm not aware of, but those I notice I tend to abuse.
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Thu Sep 23, 2010 2:47 am
Jagged says...



I abuse water/skies/wings imagery. I also have a rather persistent fixation on eyes and light/dark contrasts.
I ramble a lot, and gleefully abuse the comma and semi-colon. Dashes too. There might possibly be a correlation between the rambling and the punctuation abuse. Possibly.
Also adjectives. And generally words that end in -y.
Sentence fragments too.
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Thu Sep 23, 2010 2:11 pm
ultraviolet says...



I use okay, so, and anyways a lot. Like, a lot a lot. Sometimes I even use them together. xD
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Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:48 pm
PhoenixBishop says...



I use yeah a lot.
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Fri Oct 15, 2010 2:57 pm
Shearwater says...



Haha, I overuse "So" and "anyway" in my writing and reviewing.
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I overuse "but" a lot.
  








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