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Broken Reflection by ~PhilippaAnne
Words To Avoid"Words To Avoid In Creative Writing"Words To Avoid by =DarlingMionette
We've all heard there are some no-no words in creative writing - these are words that you want to avoid "at all costs" some people say, but do you know which they are, and why you should avoid them? Well, I didn't the first time I saw a list of "words to avoid", and not surprisingly, a lot of people who write these lists don't know why either. (I know, SHOCK! GASP! just because someone wrote a guide doesn't mean they know what they're talking about.)
So, this morning I went on a word-finding spree to find these "word lists" and find out WHY I was supposed to avoid these words - and more import
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"Getaway" by ~VictorCarbon
Always serenely tongue in cheek with a hammer,
a chisel and a chainsaw ~VictorCarbon's sparse
gallery yields up some blac
Getawayhe's a stoic collection of things--Getaway by ~VictorCarbon
raw mud-christened that grit half-covers
his face, eyes that flush radiance out
like a car's engine in a city swelter,
a steady jaw latched shut from years
of breaking falls
and a bar.
no one comes, he doesn't sell booze
or place out peanut baskets--
no olives, no darts -- just dusty
bottles along shelves in a basement
and a television flicker for sports
or a comforting glow
Exactly how do I go about that?
