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Adverbs Etc. 🫶
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Your friendly, all-abilities writing playground. Staunch adverbs defender. Strongly believe I could defeat Stephen King in unarmed combat.

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Meanwhile in September time, motherfuckers! 🌸

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Meanwhile in September
If you’re new, welcome. If you’ve been here before, it’s lovely to see you again.
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September 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Pedal or peddle? It’s easy peasy! 🚲 ✨
August 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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I know we’re all tired of hearing about how 'the em dash is a tell of AI writing', but something happened recently that’s made me dig up this particular dead horse to give it a kick of my own 🥴

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Dash It All – AI, Em Dashes and Copywriting — Adverbs Etc.
For as long as writers have used dashes, readers have derided them: Jane Austen’s original manuscripts, stuffed with dashes, were politely corrected by her publishers into the neat rows of semicolons ...
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July 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Middle English easily takes the crown for The Best Period of English So Far 🐿️
jlp.systems JLP @jlp.systems · Jun 23
The lytill squerell, full of besyness.
c1500 The lytill squerell, full of besyness. Kingis Quair (1939) clv (Middle English Dictionary) [Composed ?a 1437]
June 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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My favourite thing is collecting words like puzzle pieces and making the picture my brain sees in them. Here are some for your dada poems 🫶 there are lots more on my IG (@adverbsetc)
May 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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I wrote about BBC Maestro’s fucked up little freak, an AI Agatha Christie! Yuck!

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BBC Maestro's Masterclass in Creeping Everyone Out | AI in Copywriting and Creativity — Adverbs Etc.
In creating the uncanny likeness of Agatha Christie and positioning their course as a chance to learn from the deceased Queen of Crime, BBC Maestro has created a near-universally reviled automaton tha...
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May 12, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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I'm staying in Kojonup, and I keep thinking of this poem. It's called Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota. It was written by James Wright, and it contains my favourite final line of any poem 🧡
April 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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AI writing sucks shit, so I rewrote some I found in the wild. Out here performing copywriting CPR!!

#chatgpt #copywriting #humanintelligence
A piece of dreadful AI copy that reads: Step into a world of Easter wonder in Perth this long weekend, where the city comes alive with excitement and joy. With public holidays on Good Friday and Easter Monday, it's the perfect time to gather your loved ones and immerse yourself in a plethora of festive activities. From vibrant weekend markets to thrilling Easter Egg Hunts and lively festivals, there's something for everyone to enjoy. Indulge in delectable Easter Sunday Lunches and sip on Easter-themed cocktails, making this weekend one to remember. A rewritten human version that says: Fixed it! Stock up on choccie eggs - Easter is just around the corner. The mornings are getting nippy, Woolies smells like hot cross buns, and if you're counting down the hours until the extra-long weekend, you're defintely not alone. To help you make the most of your well-earned break, we've rounded up the best Easter activities happening around Perth this weekend. Build core memories with the kids at the Swan Valley Easter Egg Hunt, head to the weekend markets with your girls, or treat Mum and Dad to an Easter lunch (you'd better believe there are themed cocktails involved). Whatever your long weekend vibe, there's something below that will hit the spot.
April 16, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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One of my award submission writing clients just won a national award (yeehaw!), so I wrote about how I approach writing award submissions. Is it interesting? Maybe! Did I mention my dubious athletic prowess and the awards I have won for same? Definitely 💅

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How to Write a Winning Award Submission — Adverbs Etc.
Last year, I had the pleasure of shaping almost 30,000 words into a neat, compelling 10,000-word award submission. The organisation behind it just walked away with gold at both state and national leve...
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April 2, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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I’m practicing cross stitching on T-shirts, and for the longest time I’ve wanted to immortalise the Branagh movie schism on the Agatha Christie subreddit. Which for a shirt?? Current fave is below, but I also like the ‘is he stupid’ one. Pls help 😌
Reddit post that says: deathbypumpkinspice • 68d I'm all for new adaptations, but not ones that trash the original works. Branagh stomped his cloven hooves all over a beloved character to satisfy his own ego.
March 19, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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I wrote this a while ago and the only feedback I got was a terse email challenging the validity of one of Florence Hazrat’s references, which was a lovely reminder of why I let other people do the academics biz and simply report it for the normal and kind public 😌

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Exclamation Marks! — Adverbs Etc.
Too many gets shouty. Too few feels cold. But used well, exclamation marks change how we read, how we feel and even how fast our brains process text. Here’s a (too) short history of their history, pow...
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March 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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I’ve made an Adverbs account specifically to repost this. Out of my way, current!
pixelatedboat.bsky.social pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · Mar 17
Every time I read The Great Gatsby, the final paragraph brings me to tears. Breathtakingly powerful writing:
"I'm alive!" said Gatsby, roaring past on a speedboat. He'd faked his own death and gotten away with everything. That's why they called him the Great Gatsby. "Out of the way, current!" he yelled at the water. "This speedboat is bearing me ceaselessly into the future!"
March 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM