My Middle School English Teacher Hated Using These 3 Words When Writing

It’s helped me as a writer along the way.

Noah Nelson
Nothing But Noah
Published in
4 min readMay 3, 2024

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My seventh-grade English teacher opened my eyes a long time ago. She used this one writing trick which she engrained in my mind.

It went like this. Don’t use these 3 words:

  • Things

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Noah Nelson
Nothing But Noah

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Alum | Author of “Life: A Collection of Short Stories” and “Dana and Me” | Featured Writer on ILLUMINATION (23x).