The worst feeling in the world is to search for a word in your novel and realize you've overused it—perhaps hundreds, or even thousands, of times. It makes for a much weaker manuscript, but everyone does it. It's force of habit. We all have those pet words that we revert back to whether we're aware of it or not. In my case, I'm a repeat offender. There are certain words that seem to slip undetected into my writing again and again and again. Because of this, I've made a handy