Writer's Fallout Shelter

Okay so I haven't been in here for awhile - but I've been trying to edit, trying to get things ready to send out to publishers - doing all my research... so now would someone please help – because I’m about to throw this book on editing out the window and say to hell with editing or anything it says….

Which is better:

“I love you,” she said sadly.
Or
“I love you,” she said. Her voice was sad.


I mean, how in the hell does the second one cut down on unnecessary words? Or anything else for that matter – for me (and maybe it’s personal taste) but the second does nothing for me, yet the author of this book that I’m reading insists it’s stronger and better to use the second.

What is it anyways with cutting out all adverbs and adjectives? How do you spice anything up and add feel to it without any of them.

I’m willing to agree with some of the things in the book I have – but I’ve had so many people tell me to add these things that now to have someone say cut them all out – it makes it better and the editors and publishers will love it…. Come on? Is this real or just someone’s fanciful words?

It’s just like this author tell you to use ‘said’ as much as you want, without variation…and then everyone else tells you that this is ‘bland’ and repetitious… so what is it really?? Before this I thought I knew what I was doing but this book is just driving me crazy and all I’m trying to do is edit my work.

Lon

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