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[ISBW] Brown M&Ms and Adverbs

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ISBW Logo, blue and purple, illustrated tiny mur in foreground with giant fountain pen“Brown M&Ms and Adverbs” is sponsored by Scribophile, who are now offering writing classes! It’s also brought to you in large part by by my patrons, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $3 a month!

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S19 Ep08 
Good News Good News

Main Topic: Are Adverbs Really That Bad?

  • About that writers advice that says “get rid of adverbs”… it goes deeper than that
  • Pay attention to your work, and your sentence structures
  • Shake the story up by making your characters want something; small or personal can be better than epic and world-shattering
  • Jason Pargin TikTok

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I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks, theme song byJohn Anealio,
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February 16, 2023 | Season 19 Ep 8 | murverse.com
“Brown M&Ms and Adverbs” by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0