I've been editing Nowhere to Run while writing it, and have noticed I use the word that and as way too much. I picked the awful habit up from a writer I was editing and only now have started to cull my novel of it. They're really just filler words and linking words. Perhaps a part of me also starte using that because it was automatically added when I used spellcheck. Spellcheck loves adding the word that to sentences and insists if you're not using that then you have a fragmented sentence. I've been ignoring spellcheck for several years now and it hates me for it.
What word do you use not frequently enough?
It depends. Are we talking in real life or in my writing? I don't think there are words I don't use enough in my writing. I could probably describe a bit more. I used to use description a lot but it's filtered down. I hate overly descriptive novels. They drive me batty.
I need to use the word stop for myself in writing. Stop writing that chapter. Stop listening to what other's say and concentrate on what you feel is right. Go with your instincts.
Favorite swearword.
Oh that's easy. It's F**k. Yeah, good old firetruck. It's really the only swearword I use prolifically and I am fluent in swearwords.
What's the most recent new word you learned?
Modus Operandi. Ok, I already knew the word. I just never applied it to a sentence or a novel before now. I couldn't resist adding it to nowhere to run.
For those who are not aware of what Modus Operandi is, please see below:
'Modus operandi (plural modi operandi) is a Latin phrase, approximately translated as "mode of operation". The term is used to describe someone's habits or manner of working, their method of operating or functioning.
The expression is often used in police work when discussing a crime and addressing the methods employed by the perpetrators. It is also used in criminal profiling, where it can help in finding clues to the offender's psychology. It largely consists of examining the actions used by the individual(s) to execute the crime, prevent its detection and/or facilitate escape.
In the book Criminal Investigation, B.L. Berg explains that a suspect's modus operandi can help in identification, apprehension and/or repression. An M.O. file is an orderly method of recording and coding information designed to reveal habits, traits or practices of criminal suspects. This can then be used to aid in the eventual apprehension of the suspect(s), and can also be used to determine links between crimes.- - As per Wiki.
What's a word you've invented?
God, I wouldn't even think about inventing a word. In the world we live in today, the English language is already butchered enough without inflicting new words on people. It's bad enough we have new words such as Bradgelina, Shurley, and K-Rudd. Let's not scare people by inventing anymore.
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