: Re: Ways to avoid repetition of "filler" words in writing? I wasn't entirely sure how to phrase this in the question box, so it may seem like a duplicate. But, I did look at these questions (What

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Don't worry about it. Perhaps your "overuse" of these words is simply part of your style. Or perhaps it isn't overuse at all. Ask a few good readers to read your story and give you feedback.
Make a list of the words you're concerned about. After you finish a first draft, search for each word. Make a conscious decision what to do about it (delete the word, leave the sentence alone, rewrite the sentence to make the word unnecessary). Make notes about how you decide which to retain, which to remove, and which to revise.
Here's an experiment. Take a section of something you've written. Maybe 500â€“1000 words.

Make a copy of the section. Edit the copy to remove every instance of the trouble words, rewriting as necessary to make the sentences meaningful without the trouble words. When you're done, make notes about the kinds of revising you had to do to eliminate the trouble words.
Make another copy. Edit it to insert even more uses of the trouble words.
Read through the three versions, making notes about your reactions to the different styles.
Rewrite the original, using everything you've learned from these edits and your reactions.

Another experiment. For the next two weeks, when you finish each writing session, search for the trouble words and eliminate them, revising as necessary. After two weeks, go back and restore the ones you really want to restore. Make notes about how you decide which ones to restore and which ones to omit. This tells you about your personal style.
Consider how you could use these words to characterize your characters. What kind of character would overuse "actually" in conversation? What kind of character would overuse "actually" in private thoughts or narration? What other words might a given character overuse?

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