
Today’s guest post is by international best-selling author Jerry B. Jenkins:
A common error I see in beginners’ manuscripts is hedging.
It violates a cardinal writing rule—Just say it—and results in such words and phrases like:
- started to
- began to
- sort of
- almost
- kind of
- slightly
- a bit
The problem with those?
They result in flabby, hesitant prose no one has the patience to read and no editor wants to buy. Continue Reading…