Authors Worst Mistakes — Repetition in Word Use

Rebecca Graf
3 min readJun 8, 2020
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Too often a writer repeats words or phrases in excessive amounts. It is what they are familiar with and comfortable with. That can be a problem for most writers. In fact, very few aren’t faced with this. Habits are hard to break. That includes words. We tend to use the same ones over and over again. The problem is that the reader notices and gets bored quickly.

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Rebecca Graf

Writer for ten years, lover of education, and degrees in business, history, and English. Striving to become a Renassiance woman. www.writerrebeccagraf.com