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Mohabitar,

As Tyler suggested, it's best to stick with strong verbs and nouns that don't need any help from modifiers (adverbs and adjectives). Modifiers unnecessarily pad your verbiage, and they act as a sort of barrier between your reader and your message.

When you do use modifiers, remember a little goes a long way and avoid redundancy. You never need to say something is both "loud" and "noisy."

And even with two such similar nouns as "annoyances" and "distractions," you probably should pick just one and omit the other.

Also, I think you should pay close attention to the imagery your writing creates: Birds don't chirp silently. Lakes don't drift, although a slow river or stream might. Little discrepancies like these can be enough to detract from your message even when the reader can't quite put his finger on what's bugging him about it.

Hope this helps!

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