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Q&A Am I guilty of bad 'as' writing?

Weak writing is never in the individual word choices. This is the biggest trap in all of writing. Strong writing says interesting things. Weak writing says boring things. Strong writing comes from ...

posted 8y ago by Mark Baker‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2020-01-03T20:41:52Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:54:26Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:54:26Z (almost 5 years ago)
Weak writing is never in the individual word choices. This is the biggest trap in all of writing. Strong writing says interesting things. Weak writing says boring things. Strong writing comes from writers who understand what makes writing interesting. (It's not more explosions.) Weak writing comes from writers who don't understand what makes writing interesting. Fixating on questions like whether or not you should use 'as' as a conjunction, or what kind of dialog tags you should use, is just keeping you from learning how to make writing interesting.

What makes writing interesting is what you say about the subject matter, and the way you focus the reader's attention on what is important about the subject matter. Focus on that. The rest will come to you with time.

With reference to [@what's answer](https://writing.stackexchange.com/a/25955/23159), here is how Picasso drew eyes:

[![picture from Picasso to illustrate how the eyes are drawn](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uVBnC.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uVBnC.jpg)

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-01-09T16:12:15Z (almost 8 years ago)
Original score: 16