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THE POWER OF VERBS!! Without verbs, where would a story go? Nowhere. Characters, animals, and nature cant be or do anything without a verb. Characters cant laugh, animals cant attack, and trees cant sway in the breeze. Verbs provide excitement, drive the narrative and paint vivid pictures. Why say she looked, if she can gawk, spy, or examine? The familiar choice offers vague action, where the stronger selection gives action and expression. The right verb choice can show your reader the characters state of mind, mood, as well as physical characteristics. Inside this book, youll find stronger choices listed in alphabetical order for everyday verbs such as enter, walk, ran, took, etc. This quick reference will help you use more descriptive choices to convey better images in the readers mind

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STRONG VERBS STRONG VOICE A Quick reference to improve your writing and impressreaders Ann Everett

STRONG VERBS, STRONG VOICE

Copyright 2014 by Ann Everett All rights reserved First print edition, August 2014 ISBN-13:978-1499719291 ISBN-10:1499719299 No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributedin print or electronic form without prior permission of the author. Pleaserespect the hard work of the author and do not participate in or encourage thepiracy of copyrighted materials. Cover Image purchased by Ann Everett and used under licensefrom: DollarPhotoClub.com Formatting and Interior Design by AnnMarie Stone

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ann Everett writes mysteries, new adult romance, andromantic comedy with a dose of Texas twang and Southern sass. She lives inNortheast Texas, where she drinks too many Diet Dr. Peppers, and bakes tons ofsweets. Five things Anns bio doesnt mention: 1.

Shes been married to the same man since dirt. 2. She loves to shop at thrift stores. 3. She hates talking on the phone. 4.

A really sharp pencil makes her happy. 5. Shes thankful wrinkles arent painful. You can contact Ann at You can visit her site at www.anneverett.com Stalk her at: Twitter LinkedIn Google+ Pinterest Facebook

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Verb,n.Grammar. The key word in most sentences that reveals what ishappening. It can declare somethingShe looked, or ask a questionDidshe look? Good definition, but why say She looked, if she cangawk, spy, or examine? The familiar choice offers vague action, where thestronger selection gives action and expression.

Lets consider other examples. In place ofHe felt, use caressed, groped, fumbled. Why write Mary took when fetched, scooped, or heavedare better descriptions? The detective pushed doesnt show as much as thedetective rammed, elbowed, or propelled. If we didnt have verbs, where would a story go? Nowhere.Characters, animals, and nature cant be or do anything without averb. Characters cant laugh, animals cant attack, and trees cant sway in thebreeze. Verbs provide excitement, drive the narrative and paint a vivid picturein the readers mind.

Verbs also determine when something happens, in the present,in the past, or in the future. They set the tense of your tale. Here are someexamples: Present tense I/you/we/they drink he/she/itdrinks Past tense I/you/he/she/it/we/they drank Future tense I/you/he/she/it/we/they will drink Present perfect tense I/you/he/she/it/we/they havedrunk Past perfect tense I/you/he/she/it/we/they haddrunk Future perfect tense I/you/he/she/it/we/they willhave drunk Using Strong Verbs, Strong Voice, authors can quicklyreplace dull, and over used verbs, giving their stories more punch and verve.Remember, you can add an s/es/ing/ed OR remove ed depending on the tenseyoure using. In rough/first drafts, I use common verbs. Once Im donewith my manuscript, I take chapter by chapter, and do a word search replacingthem with stronger choices. ONE LAST THING For years, I gave part of this list as a hand-out when Ispoke to writers groups.

Ive received many emails stating how thesubstitutions proved helpful to recipients. This book is meant as a startingpoint for using more colorful and active verbs. I hope STRONG VERBS; STRONGVOICE will become one of your favorite resources.

ENTER/ENTERED

Access Alight Appear/Appeared Arrive Barge in Blow in Bob up Breeze in Broke in Burst in Bust in Butt in Buzz in Came in Catalog Chart Check in Clock in Come/Came in Compile Compose Crack Crawl Creep Cross the threshold Crowd in Debarked Descend Dismount Documented Drive in Drop anchor Drop in Enroll Enlist Enumerate Fall by Fall in Fall into Forced her/his way in Gain entry Get to Get/Go/Got in Gust in Hit town Horn in Immigrated Infiltrated Imported Initiated Input Insert Insinuate Intervene Introduce Intrude Invade Jot down Jump in Key in Land/Landed List Log Make it Make the scene Make way Map Move in/into Note Pass into Penetrate Perch Perforate Pierce Pile in Pop in Pull/Pulled in Punch the clock Puncture Put down Reach/Reached Reached destination Record Register Report Roll in Rush in Sailed in Set foot in/on Show up Sign in/up Slip in Sneak Spring Stepped inside Submit Take place Tap in Turn up Type in Visit Volunteer for Went in Wind up at Work in Worm in Wriggle Write

FELT/SEEMED/SHOWED

Accompany Alluded to Appeared/Appeared as Assumed Bared Bear/Bear out Believed Bespoke Betokened Betrayed Boiled Caressed Clasp Clutch Communicated Compared Comprehended Conduct Confirm Connoted Considered Convey Correlated Corroborate Deemed Demonstrated Depicted Detected Direct Discerned Disclosed Displayed Emblematic of Entangle Escort Establish Evidenced Exhibit/Exhibited Experienced Explore Exposed Express Figured Fingered Fondled Foretokened Forewarned Frisked Fumbled Grapple Grasp Grip Grope Guess Guide Had every appearance of Had the earmarks of Had the look of Handled Hinted at Illustrate Implied Indicated Insinuate Instill Instruct Intimated Intuit Investigated Judged Knew Known Lay open Lead Lectured Looked as if Looked like Made manifest Make plain Mandated Manifested Manipulated Marked Maul Model Noticed Obvious Palm Pawed Perceive Pinch Pin pointed Pioneer Ply Poke Portended Presaged Present Press Pretend Probed Proved Realigned Reckoned Resembled Responded Revealed Scrabbled Sensation Sensed Signified Snarl Sounded like Squeeze Stroked Struck her/him as Substantiate Suffered Suggested Suspected Tangle Teach Test Thought Tickle Touched Try Twiddle Twine Twist Undergo/Undergone Understood Underwent Usher Verify Weave Wield

GIVE/GAVE

Abetted Accommodated Accorded Afford Aided Allocated Allotted Assigned Assisted Awarded Backed Bequeathed Bestowed Break/Broke Caused Collapsed Commissioned Committed Communicate Conferred Contributed Convey Cooperated Cracked Created Crumbled Dedicated Delivered Devoted Did Diffused Disbursed Discarded Dispensed Disposed Ditched Divided Do Donated Enabled Ended Expedited Facilitated Fractured Furnished Generated Go Granted Handed Helped Imparted Issued Lend/Lent Leveraged Offered Organized Passed Performed Presented Produced Provided Reinforced Relented Sacrificed Separated Served Share Shattered Smoothed Snapped Spent Split Sponsored Staged Submitted Supported Surrendered Transferred Undertook Went Yielded

HAVE/HAS/HAD

Accept Acquire Adhere Admit Allocate Allow Anticipate Arrange Assert Ate Be affected by Be ill with Be inflicted with Be necessary Be sick with Betray Boast Bore Broaden Carried Chalk up Claimed Clasp Clutched Collect Compose Comprise Configure Consume Contain Control Covered Cultivate Dealt Declare Develop Diversify Devise Devour Display Distribute Draft Drank/Drunk Earn Eaten Embrace Empower Enclose Encompass Endure Enhance Enjoy Ensure Entertain Erased Evidenced Evinced Exhibited Expanded Experienced Extended Featured Formed Gain/Gained Gather Gave Generated Get hands on Get hold of Given Got/Gotten Grant Grapple Grasp Grip Held Honed Hosts Hustle Included Incorporated Initiated Invents Involved Improved Latch on to Maintained Manufacture Mobilized Must Needed Nursed Obligated Obtained Organized Originate Ought to Owned Partaken Partook Permitted Possessed Produced Received Recoup Required Retained Secured Snagged Spanned Sported Spread Stated Suffer from Suffer with Suffered Suspended Sustain Take in Taken Tolerated Took Toted Undergone Underwent Wielded Wore

HEARD

Absorbed Adjudicate on Appreciated Apprehended Attended to Be informed Be made aware Be told Caught Cognized Comprehended Considered Detected Discovered Earwigged Eavesdropped Examined Fathomed Find out Gathered Gave an ear to Gave audience to Get wind of Gleaned Got/gotten Grasped Harked Heard him out Hearkened Heeded Identified Judge Judged Learned Lent an ear to Listened Listened in Meddled Memorized Out of earshot Overheard Perceived Picked up Realized Received Snooped Strained her ears Took heed of Took in Tried Understood Within earshot

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