May 30, 2017 Firewheel Press memoirs, novels, writing tips, bugbears Joining two actions using 'as' and 'while'. (We hate this.) May 30, 2017 Firewheel Press memoirs, novels, writing tips, bugbears A common bugbear of mine involves joining two actions together using the words 'as' and 'while'. People who do it, do it a lot, and after a while, it gets boring.