7 Things Characters Do Too Much Of

Helpful writing tip I discovered. I was reading the blog of many authors and discovered the blog of Young Adult author Tahereh Mafi on what we read and see too many characters doing in book. So I decided to post what we see characters doing too much of.

SIGH.

GLANCE.

BLINK.

STARE.

LOOK.

GROWL. 

HISS.

Reading this makes me want to crack out the thesaurus. 

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  1. AnonymousOctober 30, 2012 at 3:02 PM

    Too true! I found this helpful page on Eye Bookisms, the way writers overuse the eyes. http://odysseyworkshop.livejournal.com/27400.html (I link to it, as well as great follow up page, on the Writing Resources page on my blog)

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