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Do adverbs still exist?
Kali:
Excellent writing will always trump the rules.
Most people who break the rules are not excellent writers.
Everyone thinks they're an excellent writer.
Aminar:
I was going to mention Rothfuss. And Erickson. And Martin. I can't consider any of them minimilists. And yet there are times in all of their writing where description is done perfectly in a few words.
My favorite example is from Memories of Ice.
He uses the phrase "cold as a rapists's touch"
This line on its own conveys cold, unnatural, terrifying, wrongness; all in 5 innocuous small words(except maybe rapist's). The brilliance there astounds me, and he does it all without adverbs.
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