There's Power in the Verb

Power Verbs. They're...well, powerful.

When I teach writing workshops, I stress the importance of concise, tight, non-rambling, to-the-point writing. One key way to achieve this is to cut out as many -ly adverbs (adverbs ending in -ly) as possible and replace them with power verbs.

For example, can you spot what is wrong with this sentence: She walked quickly across the room.

Okay, nothing is specifically wrong with it grammatically, but it's weak...anemic. Why have a flat, measly meat patty verb when you can have a big, fat, juicy hamburger verb?

Let's kill the -ly adverb (quickly) and replace the wimpy verb (walked) with a power verb that says even better in one word what you were trying to say (weakly) in two:
dashed, rushed, raced, flew, spurted, hastened, shot, tore, ripped, darted, sped, bolted

Power verbs make for much more exciting reading and show editors that you're not a lazy writer. So put on your super hero writing shirt and show us the power!