ixchel said:I'm going crazy! Apparently I used 'walked toward,' and 'moved toward' too much in my manuscript. Can anyone think of different ways to say this?
Jamesaritchie said:When characters are doing too much walking, the writing is the problem, not the words. Stop looking for different ways of saying it, and start eliminating all the walking.
ixchel said:I'm going crazy! Apparently I used 'walked toward,' and 'moved toward' too much in my manuscript. Can anyone think of different ways to say this?
blacbird said:You'd be surprised how serviceable "went" is. Under normal circumstances, if your character "went" from the living room to the bedroom, most readers will subliminally assume he walked. Pushing some word like "moseyed" or "ambled" is akin to avoiding the simple "he said" by saying "he expostulated" or "he exclaimed." It's often just plain unnecessary.
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Bk_30 said:I've never used mooch as a means to get from point A to point B. I use mooch to replace bum or borrow.
newmod said:Maybe it´s a British/Irish thing, I use it to mean wlaking about slowly with no particular purpose.