Now, rewrite our general sentence with your specific version.
Can you see how specific nouns and verbs significantly influence the meaning of your sentence?
If you’d like a little more practice, open the specificity practice handout and improve the examples.
Good thing I stopped drinking. I couldn’t say “speficitify” three months ago.
This practice was fun. One sentence at a time is less overwhelming than a whole story. I know you are saying that disciplining ourselves to review each sentence, even in longer works, will pay off. Keeping the mindset to improve is key.