and magnify them. Maybe you have a penchant for chocolate, which might lead to a metaphor involving Charlie and the Chocolate Factory : "She was as happy as if she'd found Willy Wonka's Golden Ticket." The Road to Hell is Paved with Adverbs Adverbs are evil. Often, they're redundant. ("Creeping stealthily," or, "whispering quietly", for example.) At other times, they just serve as a prop-up for weak verbs, like "go", "have" or "to be". In his book 'On Writing' , Stephen King wrote that adverbs are, "like dandelions. If you have one on your lawn, it looks pretty and unique. If you fail to root it out, however, you find five the next day . . . fifty the day after that . . . and then, my brothers and sisters, your lawn is totally, completely, and profligately covered with dandelions. By then you see them for the weeds they really are, but by then it's -- GASP!! -- too late." Post by Chris Banks Chris Banks is a writer for Pro Writing Aid the free website that can help you improve your writing. Pro Writing Aid is more than just a grammar checker; it's your personal online writing coach and editor. Get Your Free Updates If you liked this post, there's a lot more coming! Enter your email below and we'll send you content that rocks your world! We respect your email privacy. We'll never rent, sell, or otherwise share information we collect, because that'd be a violation of