Pronouns…Those beautiful words that make the world complete. Let’s face it trying to say who or what something is would be hard to do without them. So you have to appreciate the need for them as well as be conscious of over using the same ones.
To be honest this is probably more than I will be able to cover in one post but I did just recently start up my YouTube channel…So on Thursday I will talk more on this subject and on Chapters from Saturdays post as well. In case you’re interested in hearing more, my channel name is ‘Tiffany D Writing Journey’ or you can follow the link that I will provide at the bottom of this post to my first episode from last week.
We all know what a Pronoun is and how to use it. As we speak we use them on a daily basis. Do we have to always be conscious how often we use the same one in a conversation? No because it’s not written in front of you. But as Authors we have to be conscious of every word we use and where we put it.
When you look up the word pronoun you will get a definition as well as examples to help you expand the possibilities of mixing it up and using just ‘He and She’. OK, so yes I am going there lol. My biggest deterrent when I am reading someone else’s work is if every sentence, or even if there are even three in a paragraph that start with the same pronoun. It drives me crazy because when you read, you don’t want to see each sentence start with ‘He’. Or even any other commonly used pronoun. Mix them up and be creative. There so many creative ways to start a sentence with pronouns, names or other ways to word it so you avoid overusing them.
If I were to give you examples here of every pronoun that ever existed it would make this post extensively long. So here are just a few….
The ones we know all too well…
He, She
His, Her, Him
I, You
Their, Them, They
And you get the idea….
Then there is the less common but still frequently used,
Itself, Themselves
Who, Whom
Such, These
Myself, Yourself
That, This
There are so many out there, as well as many great articles that others have written that break down the specifics of how to use them in paragraphs and the specific categories. However, you could spend a long time doing all that research (Which is great, I have nothing against research and learning new things, that’s how I taught myself what I needed to know with writing. That, mixed with trial and error, of course), when most of it you know already but we seem to forget certain things when we start to second guess ourselves.
Be conscious of how you use all words. Not just pronouns but all the wonderful words in the world. As writers we need to support using more than one word to describe something, or to start a sentence. Our draw is how well we keep a readers interest so make each and every sentence entertaining for them. Write every sentence in your story like you did that opening line to draw them in.
Thank you for reading and until next time…
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