Writing Lite Tip 44: Avoid alliteration

Writing Lite Tip 44

I’m being intentionally cute here, because alliteration isn’t.  Unless you’re writing broad comedy, there’s no reason to use alliteration in your fiction. It calls attention to itself and takes the reader out of the story.

Too much alliteration can result in a reader gnashing his/her teeth and throwing the book across the room. At least it does for me.

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