Thought Verbs Are to Be Avoided Like the Plague

A Resource of Words You Should Use Sparingly

Original Image by Willgard Krause from Pixabay

These are the trickiest of verbs and the laziest of words. Thought verbs tell the reader what’s going on, but they do so in a compressed and dull way. One of the core tenants of writing is to show and not tell. Using thought verbs is the fastest way to tell and not to show. They are also the most common…