#craftofwriting — Public Fediverse posts

Passive voice is not a mistake. It is a tool with specific jobs.
"The window was broken sometime before dawn." The mystery is the point. The actor vanishing is doing work.
The real problem is passive voice you did not choose. Over 20 percent in narrative writing and you are probably hiding your actors without realizing it.

https://inkbreaker.com/guides/passive-voice

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(01 Dec) How Missing Context Distorts Scientific Findings Excluding details reshapes the entire narrative https://s.faithcollapsing.com/lr42q #business-of-writing #craft-of-writing #diversity #health-care #journalism #racism #sexism #writing #cardiology #research

How Missing Context Distorts S...

(07 Nov) Movie Review: Weapons Works — Or Doesn’t — Based On How Familiar You Are With The Expectations It Is Breaking https://s.faithcollapsing.com/k8mm3 Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/v5dd7 #craft-of-writing #movies #review #movie-review

Writing Challenges, Word Counts, And Community
Putting together a word-count tool and writing community in the aftermath of NaNoWriMo's AI decisions.
https://ideatrash.net/2024/09/writing-challenges-word-counts-and-community.html?feed_id=318&_unique_id=66db22766a7ea
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Writing Challenges, Word Counts, And Community
Putting together a word-count tool and writing community in the aftermath of NaNoWriMo's AI decisions.
https://ideatrash.net/2024/09/writing-challenges-word-counts-and-community.html?feed_id=333&_unique_id=66db227458e55
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It's Not Wokeness Or Nice Weather -- It's Bad Writing: Space Babies, Devil's Chord, And Doctor Who
Hubris, thy name is Russell T. Davies.
https://ideatrash.net/2024/05/its-not-wokeness-or-nice-weather-its-bad-writing-space-babies-devils-chord-and-doctor-who.html?feed_id=48&_unique_id=66469483b4566
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