To much of "Suddenly" !

by Mehdi Kasbel
24th August 2013

I hope the title is clear.

It's a problem I encounter everytime I'm writing a horror story or a short story where some suspense is needed.

I find myself using too much of "suddenly", "all of at once", "unexpectedly", at places where they all seem necessary.

So I don't know what's the solution. Rather than keep on using more synonyms or to learn to decrease the occurences of

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Sorry about that, so here's the question :

I hope the title is clear.

It's a problem I encounter everytime I'm writing a horror story or a short story where some suspense is needed.

I find myself using too much of "suddenly", "all of at once", "unexpectedly", at places where they all seem necessary.

So I don't know what's the solution. Rather than keep on using more and more synonyms, should I simply learn to decrease the occurences of these adverbs ?

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