Weak words create stumbling points and a lack of vivid imagery. As I've mentioned before, I tend to write by the seat of my pants, g̶e̶t̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ purging the idea onto paper and editing extensively afterward. Ask an author for a list of weak words and you'll g̶e̶t̶ receive a different set each time. The intersection of these lists will likely contain get, got, went, things, and stuff. You will see "to be verbs" listed frequently, however, attempts at their absolute removal

I sneezed out 77,000 words of The Emris: Lost in just over two months, and I project about 15,000 left to wrap up the novel. This being my first serious work, I knew I would be editing many times over, until it was right. I got the idea down onto paper, which is important for me. I can fix, polish, and rework an idea until it resembles the wonderful story I envisioned. But this part is slow and difficult. It is another test of a writer's mettle to persist in the work nee