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In fiction, I find active voice will usually lead to a more direct connection from the characters and action to the reader. Passive voice can be useful when the writer wants to demonstrate emotiona...
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In fiction, I find active voice will usually lead to a more direct connection from the characters and action to the reader. Passive voice can be useful when the writer wants to demonstrate emotional detachment or distance. Re-casting a passive sentence in the active voice can occasionally lead to a convoluted mess; in these cases, I'd just write the sentence passively (and clearly) and move along. Unless you're generating business, technical or legal writing, you'll get better results by using active voice more often than not, particularly paired with a [show, don't tell](https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/54/26) approach. (Someone will produce a masterpiece of emotionally intimate fiction written almost entirely in the passive voice now, I expect.)
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2010-11-26T02:16:38Z (almost 14 years ago)
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