10 MORE Weak Words You Should CUT From Your Novel

[@StarWars_TheFan]

And now, I shall rewrite my entire novel. . .

[@unicorntomboy9736]

All writing is re-writing. In my experience, the revision process is where the true magic occurs.

[@Nassa1333]

Relatable 😂

[@andrewcastillo6855]

😢

[@autumnmei]

Story of my life 😅

[@robmartin9782]

May the Force be with you while you're doing that.

[@brandinewsome]

These are all tricky and I’m glad you covered caveats, especially for “looks.” At one point my writing was bloating, but when I read a book that just straight up said “looks” all the time, I realized how refreshing it can be to be direct. Everything in moderation.

[@skyequake2554]

I just recently realized that (Desire) + but (fear) + because (Missbelief) = internal conflict

[@wii-i9f]

omg I just realized everything I write is filled with these words (especially think and see)! 😭 Thanks Abbie!!

[@murphcallahan5892]

I'm writing fan fiction for an online group. My 20-year-old college student narrator has an informal yet grammatically correct voice. I used your first list of 10 weak words, and I plan to use the second list that you've presented in this video. (Confession: I've used other such lists, too.) Eliminating these words has helped me reconstruct my main character's sentences in a much better way. However, as you are saying in the introduction to this video, not every weak word needs to be cut, especially in dialogue. My point is, first-person writing is all dialogue in the sense that it is the story "spoken" to the reader. I can delete 90% of weak words, but to take them all out requires the narrator to change his voice according to how he speaks in the original books (wherein he is a teenager). Just wanted to express this. Thanks for all your guiding help.

[@moflames_author]

Because used to be a weak word I used years ago, but after doing a word search in my current manuscript, "There was" is my new weak word. 🥴welp lemme get to work on editing this. Thanks Abbie!

[@Nadia-borówka]

Hi Abby! I’ve read your book the best Christmas ever (I’m from Poland 🇵🇱) and I love it so much it is a dream to have a relationship like that and specially with Weston🤭 thank you so much for this books and videos I wish you luck! Love u and ur books🫶

[@unicorntomboy9736]

I recommend reading The Otherworld, if you have not already. I loved it, Adam was my favourite character in the entire book. I always imagined him looking like Leon Kennedy from Resident Evil 4 as I was reading it

[@OlettaLiano]

Good list of words to cut. But LOOK could be cut from the second example like this... When dad saw the damage I’d done to his car, there was murder in his eyes. 😉

[@Al-rn5qy]

Just got your weak words PDF and looking forward to leveling up my manuscript. You're the best, Abbie!

[@Underdog-g7g]

Thanks Abbie, I just started researching for my second novel, so I am happy to hear this before I start!

[@crystalpierce7220]

You're glowing Abbie!!

[@meeshgardner83]

Just checked the book I'm working on -- happy that I won't need to rewrite to avoid these terms.

[@c.sloanlewis]

Great advice, Abbie! Thanks for this video. I bet a lot of writers are going to be going on the hunt for these words now. Ctrl+F all the way!

[@michaeldeangray]

Thanks, Abbie!

[@tasnimtamanna4589]

16:05 Darling.... In both cases some eye expression is used and THAT'S my biggest issue! It’s hard to figure out how to show emotion without some 'eye widened', 'eye dropped', 'something something flashed through her eyes' What to do about it?🙁

[@S3mi7]

Very helpful! Thank you Abbie!

[@RPKraul]

Another peril of "because" is when it's paired with "not," which creates ambiguity. "She did not go to the party because of Frank." - Does this mean she went to the party for a reason other than Frank, or does it mean she stayed away from the party because of Frank?

[@sunshinejulie5687]

Thanks for the video Abbie! ❤

[@chimanruler15]

Yay! New video!!! ❤❤❤

[@LeonSoEpic]

7:27 I do say "I wonder" in my head a lot though...

[@BigMcLargeHuge125]

It feels odd. I don’t think I’m seeing the problem here. It didn’t occur to me at first, but now I wonder if there was almost a hint. I looked, but I didn’t see it. My thoughts are like an elevator. Going up and down.

[@clarapegorerpera6904]

Yayy Abbie video!!

[@murphcallahan5892]

I just think "just" is my worst habit.

[@dhanyamohandas5487]

abbieee!!!! You r awesome!

[@clearestlittlekid]

New book when? 😢 i need new books from you, queen your books are life changing😊

[@DavidGoesling]

I was literally editing these words out of my manuscript as I was watching. . .

[@aletheiannablack]

Thank you so much Abbie! I think my worst is "because" XD.

[@AmaliaFrunză]

12:00 or you can say it like: "The tension was that high that you could cut it with a knife." (In Romanian sounds even better: "Tensiunea era așa mare că o puteai tăia cu cuțitul.")

[@Btain]

Shows what the Ceann Comhairle, Healy Rea's and Lowry think of the Dail and Irish democracy: be in government but have opposition speaking time also.

[@joyogar-mx3xd]

Okay I might be guilty of all this words 😢

[@BreannaCoffman-wi8dy]

Good advice 😜

[@TMscifiwrtr]

I think I don't do a lot of these!😂 seriously though, thanks as always 😊

[@unicorntomboy9736]

I am intending to have my book published this year. I want it to be published in both French and English. Is this possible or not, regarding traditional publishing via a large publishing company.

[@TheNextDoorNeighboor]

"SAID".

[@yasaiasazuke]

❌️Find the 10 mistakes I feel I think I see all the mistakes in this paragraph. I wonder that I didn't write smooth prose. Julie almost cringed while reading the mess there was as she scrolled down because it looks like a really sloppy writing.

[@eshalakhter4492]

AskAbbie Hi abbie im writing this book where my MC 's love dies and he has to move on and fall in love with the actual love interest. But the problem is my mc is VeERY depressed after her death and i don't know how to make him refall into love without doubting himself. Also im not sure how the other girl is going to fall in love with him bc she knows that he had massive feelings for the previous love interest. They're also are enemies to lovers so that makes everything a whole more complicated. Please someone help😢

[@hannahewoods]

I’m always catching myself writing weak words in my novel lol, these videos are definitely helpful! Thanks for showing the moments they are useful in writing though🤍

[@chalonhutson]

I figure it would be helpful to make this a habit when writing a first draft. But overall, do you think it's helpful to not stress too much about this on the first draft and more for the editing process? (Especially, if you are really good at "letting the perfect be the enemy of the good" when writing?)

[@Skyrdr]

Didn't is my guilty word

[@Travelerofthesouth]

I need so much help with descriptions. That's my biggest problem.

[@czarstudios02]

*rewrites it

[@jeb1944]

Wow

[@Ember016]

1st!!!

[@ProtossHyrdalisk]

Way too much rambling at the intro this video. It’s really off putting.

[@CelestiaGJ]

First