I replied to an authors website stating my views on the use of adverbs. My email box has been flooded with replies of all ilks. When an author starts spinning adverbs in every paragraph it leaves me cold and I initially tag him as lazy. He won't take the time to show instead of tell and the reader is the less for it.
Can you like a book with adverbs? Of course. But you can like a lot of things that are not the best they could be from chocolate to steaks to Scotch Whisky. I believe a writer should do the absolute best he can every time. If he fails he fails. But slipping into adverb use every paragraph is not my idea of a good read.
Do you like the author describing things and actions using adverbs? Let me know.
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