Hi all - back to writing again after getting some hard to find inspiration. That inspiration came with the urging to write my character with a...
How important is it to get rid of a passive voice? I put a few paragraphs of my WIP into script write and it identified some areas of passive voice.
This thread comes off the back of another where I mention my difficulties writing in third-person. I hope it's deemed specific enough for a...
I have a very diverse world/universe. Race plays a big part in my stories. I have everything from normal human races to elves, shifters, and...
I'v been trying to write active sentences. I couldn't figure out what the subject of this. Scrutinize what you can't describe. For context, the...
I wrote 290 words on an exercise in a writing group that I belong to below this message. I'm going to turn it in. I wrote it in two points of...
Hey everyone, This might sound a little strange to be asking for, but I'm wondering if any of you are familiar with current/ more contemporary...
I'm looking for a good resource text on mastering character voice. I've got many young adults in my WIP and I want all of their voices to be...
So I'm currently in the process of writing a high/epic fantasy series, within my novel I will be referencing ancient history, myths, legends etc....
My dialogue seems bland. Honestly I cant even tell the difference between them during a conversation. They both sound like they have the same...
So in my WIP I have a limited third person POV. Most of the time I am in Valorie's head but for one chapter I switch to her sisters POV. Her...
I've found that while I am struggling to perfect my next novel, I must also perfect my voice. I wrote eight chapters before I realized that I had...
I have an idea in my brain that I'd like to explore- steampunk world with contemporary speech. It would have classic elements to the original...
At our writers club last night, we had our, seemingly never ending, ongoing panel discussion about passive voice in manuscripts or in essays. I...
When I consider the art of writing letters, both letters written in ancient times, and letters written today, three styles of writing come to...
A pretty self-explanatory post, this one... The idea is simple: you must use the very extent of your abilities as a wordsmith to describe the...
So, the main antagonist of my novel is a forty-six year-old man who, due to a reaction to a particular medicine, now has incredible strength....
Personally I have not read it, but I was under the impression that it carried at least some popular appeal, or at least use to. I was thinking...
What is passive voice? why is it bad?
Hi there! I'm new to the forum and super excited to discover more about the community! I have a pressing question - I am trying to write a...
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