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I sure have.
Your sentence might even be full of those adjectives and adverbs your
teachers and loved ones so admired in your writing when you were a kid.
Something simple I learned from The Elements of Style years ago changed
the way I write and added verve to my prose. The authors of that little
bible of style said: “Write with nouns and verbs, not with adjectives and
adverbs.”
That’s not to say there’s no place for adjectives. I used three in the title
and first paragraph of this post alone.
The point is that good writing is more about well-chosen nouns and
strong verbs than it is about adjectives and adverbs, regardless what you
were told as a kid.
There’s no quicker win for you and your manuscript than ferreting out and
eliminating flabby verbs and replacing them with vibrant ones.
At the end of this post I suggest a list of 249 vivid verbs you can
experiment with to replace tired ones.
Is
Am
Are
Was
Were
Be
Being
Been
Have
Has
Had
Do
Does
Did
Shall
Will
Should
Would
May
Might
Must
Can
Could
Resist the urge to consult a thesaurus for the most exotic verb you can
find. I consult such references only for the normal word that carries
power but refuses to come to mind.
I would suggest even that you consult my list of powerful verbs only after
you have exhausted all efforts to come up with one on your own. You
want Make your prose to be your own creation, not yours plus Roget or
Webster or Jenkins. [See how easy they are to spot and fix?]
Examples
Impotent: There are three things that make me feel the way I do…
Examples
After: He walked…
Govern
Grasp
Gravitate
Grip
Groan
Grope
Growl
Guide
Gush
Hack
Hail
Heighten
Hobble
Hover
Hurry
Ignite
Illuminate
Inspect
Instruct
Intensify
Intertwine
Impart
Jostle
Journey
Lash
Launch
Lead
Leap
Locate
Lurch
Lurk
Magnify
Mimic
Mint
Moan
Modify
Multiply
Muse
Mushroom
Mystify
Notice
Notify
Obtain
Oppress
Order
Paint
Park
Peck
Peek
Peer
Perceive
Picture
Pilot
Pinpoint
Place
Plant
Plop
Pluck
Plunge
Poison
Pop
Position
Power
Prickle
Probe
Prune
Realize
Recite
Recoil
Refashion
Refine
Remove
Report
Retreat
Reveal
Reverberate
Revitalize
Revolutionize
Revolve
Rip
Rise
Ruin
Rush
Rust
Saunter
Scamper
Scan
Scorch
Scrape
Scratch
Scrawl
Seize
Serve
Shatter
Shepherd
Shimmer
Shine
Shock
Shrivel
Sizzle
Skip
Skulk
Slash
Slide
Slink
Slip
Slump
Slurp
Smash
Smite
Snag
Snarl
Sneak
Snowball
Soar
Spam
Sparkle
Sport
Sprinkle
Stare
Starve
Steal
Steer
Storm
Strain
Stretch
Strip
Stroll
Struggle
Stumble
Supercharge
Supersize
Surge
Survey
Swell
Swipe
Swoon
Tail
Tattle
Toddle
Transfigure
Transform
Travel
Treat
Trim
Trip
Trudge
Tussle
Uncover
Unearth
Untangle
Unveil
Usher
Veil
Wail
Weave
Wind
Withdraw
Wreck
Wrench
Wrest
Wrestle
Wring
Yank
Zing
Zap
Verbs List (A)
List of verbs that start with A with verb examples.