JKR -- adverbs & adjectives (was Re: Charm (sic) Protection Theory)

[Annette Hamel]

No: HPFGUIDX 106933

charme wrote:
<<Stephen King, who reviewed OoP (he loves JKR, and has used the "Golden
Snitch" in his Dark Tower series,) chided her somewhat for her overuse of adjectives in her writing.  Anyone got any ideas?>>


He does hate overuse of adjectives, but rants most about *adverbs*, and I 
too feel that JKR overuses these a bit.  Adverbs are those -ly words, and 
JKR loves them ... "Hermione said briskly" comes to mind (Hermione seems to 
say everything "briskly").  In King's book, he states his opinion that 
writers should lose the adverbs and find another way to state it - rather 
than "he said angrily" you could say "he shouted", or just "he said" - the 
context should tell you that he was angry.

I love JKR, love the books, but sometimes I feel if I read one more 
"Hermione said briskly", I'll scream! :)

Annette
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