I’ve seen a few people commenting on their struggles with adjectives and adverbs in their writing, so can we just talk about this for a minute? I have a piece of advice on the subject:
Don’t worry about it. Do what works for you.
Writing descriptive text is one of the skills that writers continue to develop over years. Wherever you are now, you’re going to get better at it. If you’re currently at the stage where what works for you is lining up a few adjectives in a row, that’s fine. It’s not Chuck Palahniuk master class-level skill, but here’s a little secret: most of the people who write for their career aren’t that good either. They don’t need to be. The #1 most important skill of a story writer is not to be able to sculpt words like clay, but to be able to communicate your story effectively to the reader.
If you go hunting for writing advice, then everybody in the world will have (conflicting) advice on adverbs and adjectives in your writing, and they frequently imply that if you don’t do it the way they say then no one ever will read your work and you will fail as a writer and ALSO THE WORLD MIGHT END.
But seriously, there is a small minority of people out there anal retentive enough to count how many adverbs you’re using per page, and their opinion is not important. Use your words in whatever way accomplishes the job.
As you do that, you will learn and grow in your skill at deploying them. If you actively set out to examine how other people handle adjectives, adverbs and other descriptive techniques and practice those for yourself, you may learn even faster. But in the meantime, telling your story is the important thing.
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