A List of Words Suggested NOT to use...

I write a lot. Consequently, I read a lot too - though I'm often intimidated by the amount of material and the fact that I often feel that I'll never be able to read enough - ever. Books, magazine articles, online stuff from various sources, and even stuff on an electronic reading device. There's always more to read than I seem to have time for.

One cup in, this morning , I saw an article that  which caught my eye - figuratively speaking, of course, in a writer's circle group on the blue & white:  "Very and Other Useless Words to Erase Forever" - Forever? That's  Seems like a long time. A really, really long time. I dated a woman who used to say that she wanted to be with me forever - but that was forever ago, and I have no idea if she's even in the same state that I live in. Forever is a long time. I'd better get moving on these words that  because they need to be erased:

Very or Really - Both of these? Really? Very well then, I mean...well, how much would I use either, y'know, if they were erased forever? I really wanted to use the words really and very, but they've been erased forever. Fine - I guess I won't real....oops, EVEN miss them. Next:

Suddenly - Cue the scary music. Suddenly, another word appeared on the Erase Forever List, and he knew that it was only a matter of time before the word would be gone forever. Shit. Fuck. Damn. There goes my suspense writing. How will I startle someone with words? How can I illustrate the sudden appearance of something or someone unexpected? Suddenly the word was gone - forever.

Amazing or Awesome - Like, wow. Over it. Really, I'm very tired of both - and not so suddenly. It might be amazing just how many times I've used either of these words. It would be awesome if auto-correct would take care of all this for me, instead of getting all up in my business all the other times it does.

That - Ummm...really? Good one. Should make one think quite a bit. While the previous two words are rather easy to spot, this one is a bit tricky. Gonna have to watch for it.

Started - I began to give much more thought to what I was writing - and to how. See what I did there? I did not start, I began. 

So, what we have here, is a little game I played while I drank my coffee and found a very interesting article. Really made me think. Suddenly, it was amazing how many times I used the word that. And then, suddenly, I got an awesome idea for a blog post that started out as a good idea...

I'm pretty sure the legislation to erase said words forever hasn't passed yet - but just to be safe, all the words that are struck through, well...y'know, those are forbidden. K? Peace out, good people.