How to become a good writer

**RonBee** · #1 03-Apr-2004, 01:19

**Tdol** · #2 09-Apr-2004, 00:04

Mark Twain's got it right!

**RonBee** · #3 09-Apr-2004, 00:50

You must be talking about:

Let's start with Mark Twain: "When you catch adjectives, kill most of them -- then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together; they give strength when they are wide apart."
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/m...20040401.shtml

:)

**Tdol** · #4 09-Apr-2004, 09:19

That's the baby. I believe Stephen King said that adverbs are not your friends.

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