A list of ‘noise words’ to be hunted down when redrafting:
| a few |
| actually |
| almost |
| always |
| appear |
| as |
| basically |
| began |
| bit |
| but |
| clear |
| even |
| eyes |
| fairly |
| good |
| however |
| just |
| like |
| little |
| maybe |
| might |
| nearly |
| notice |
| now |
| only |
| perhaps |
| quite |
| rather |
| really |
| remember |
| seem |
| slightly |
| smile |
| something |
| sort of |
| stuff |
| sudden |
| then |
| thing |
| think |
| turn |
| very |
| was |
| well |
| you know |
Hi Mike – yes the ones I’m having most trouble with at the moment are those ‘moderating qualifiers’ like nearly, fairly, sort of, a bit, a little, rather, because Chari’s pov is fairly (sort of, quite) moderate… So how do you get that sense of hesitancy into the voice without all these noise words?