
Don’t worry about those pesky adverbs during your first draft, when such concerns can interrupt your creative flow. When you’re following your muse capturing your story for the first time, don’t fuss over such things. However, this is one area to attack on your first edit. This is accomplished easily by using your word processor’s “Search” function to find all words ending in “ly”. At that time you can put on your thinking cap and replace it with a strong verb. (Thanks to author Jeanne Foguth for this great tip!)