Why Writers Love “Just” Too Much
Every writer has a favorite word. Sometimes it’s obvious, and sometimes it hides in plain sight. One of the most common crutch words I see while editing manuscripts is just. The word appears so frequently that many writers stop seeing it altogether. Yet once you start looking for it, you’ll discover it’s scattered throughout pages of dialogue, narration, and description. The surprising part? Most of the time, the sentence works perfectly well without it. Why … Read more
