In this week’s podcast (3:25) I share insight from a speaker who encouraged me to eliminate filler words from formal talks I give as well as from everyday conversation. I'm encouraging writers to do the same with their written work: search and destroy the filler words that distract from the meat of the message.

Examples of filler words that show up in our speaking:

um and uh

like

you know

so…

Examples of filler words in our writing:

but

and

so

and so

very

really

that

In the podcast, I mention the "search" function in Word or Google docs, which is more accurately the "find" feature. Learn more about how this works in Word and Google docs.

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