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I found this article I wrote two years ago and thought it would be fun to share with you. I learned a lot as a newly published author, and many of those lessons are still valuable today. What about you? Can you think of ten things (or four or seven) that you’ve learned since you’ve [...]

The single biggest mistake I see is weak, wimpy verbs. Was. Is. Were. Seem. When you’re trying to break the habit, strive for 1 or 2 per page. They’re not evil verbs, but they weaken your writing. Learning to replace them with beefy verbs will revolutionize your prose.