I'm revising the first draft of my novel. I know I use the word "just" far too much so I'm not too shocked to find how often I need to delete it. "That" is another bad one. However, it's a new surprise to me to see "wondered" as often as I have. It's getting cut too; I'm reworking whole paragraphs. I know there are a couple of others but those are the big ones I'm evicting from my pages.
What are your big offenders?
Anything different from the usual in what you are working on right now?
What are your big offenders?
Anything different from the usual in what you are working on right now?