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Q&A Fiction Novels & Active vs. Passive Voice

Go with your gut. Quit worrying about voice. Get it down on paper, walk away, come back and revise it, find a beta or pay an editor. Let your reader worry about the passive voice for the first draf...

posted 10y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-13T12:00:23Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:32:55Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T03:32:55Z (almost 5 years ago)
Go with your gut. Quit worrying about voice. Get it down on paper, walk away, come back and revise it, find a beta or pay an editor. Let your reader worry about the passive voice for the first draft. Tell the person to keep an eye out for it, and if your reader comes back with "yeah, this part sounded egregious," you can cut it.

You're letting the perfect become the enemy of the good. Just write. Polish later.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-05-31T12:29:06Z (over 10 years ago)
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