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Tips for Better Fiction Writing: “LOOK” and Other Crutch Words

Dan Alatorre AUTHOR's avatarDAN ALATORRE

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I’m writing a book series called Tips For Better Fiction Writing, in which I tackle all the rookie mistakes new writers make.

And hey, I made them, too.

Which is why I’m helping you not make them.

Until the next book in the series comes out, you’ll see these gems here on the blog.

This word should be on your crutch word list:

LOOK

In a recent manuscript (not mine) “look” appeared 255 times. There were 3 instances in a span of 109 words in a single chapter – and the MS I edited last week had a similar frequency.

I notice this word – and others that we repeat a lot – because after a while they stick out.

Why?

Because we repeat them.

As a reader, you don’t really notice a word being repeated a lot. Yeah, in Dr. Seuss you do, or in the…

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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