Author Thursdays: Steven King Says So

Adverbs

Just wanted to let you know I finished the first draft of my newest manuscript. It is the roughest first draft I have ever written. That is to say much editing and revising is needed (see <- passive voice no no). After listening to Steven King's audio book On Writing I realize I probably use too many adverbs. Whilst reading over my manuscript, I have also noticed the repeated use of many words and phrases. These are:

at the moment

as well

a moment

finally

first

and so

now

not to mention

sudden (ly)

still

So after my read over I will Control+Find all these bad boys and make sure they are all necessary or kill them. Also, I need to make sure I use the correct version of the following:

further v farther

leaped v leapt

toward v towards

Any other no-no words I should be looking out for?