This was a post I wrote back on Let the Words Flow, and I've taken it and updated it a bit. Why? Because it's still a lesson I have to constantly keep in the front of my mind when writing—and even more so, when editing. That lesson is to keep the number of "filter words" in my manuscript to a minimum—especially when my story is in first person. In first person, these filter words really crop up and really
Filter Words
Filter Words
Filter Words
This was a post I wrote back on Let the Words Flow, and I've taken it and updated it a bit. Why? Because it's still a lesson I have to constantly keep in the front of my mind when writing—and even more so, when editing. That lesson is to keep the number of "filter words" in my manuscript to a minimum—especially when my story is in first person. In first person, these filter words really crop up and really