Tag Archives: Passive voice
Working With Editors: Eliminate Forms of “To Be” & “Had”
I’m currently working on the corrections my horror/thriller short story, “Blue Lights,” which will appear in an anthology edited by John Hartness. I figured I would write a few posts about some of the things I’m working on during the editing … Continue reading
Posted in Editing Your Work, The World of Writing, Voice, Technique, & Style
Tagged editing, editor, horror, Passive voice, thriller, writing
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Writing & Editing: Find and Eliminate Useless Verbs
Nothing can let the air out of a great sentence like a boring, flat verb. Unfortunately, we writers tend to love boring verbs–especially the “being” verbs, and our sentences suffer for it. The best way to fix a flat sentence? … Continue reading
Posted in Editing Your Work, The World of Writing, The Writing Process
Tagged angel, author, Elysian Chronicles, fantasy, Gévaudan, guardian angel, Jean Chastel, La Bête, M. B. Weston, Passive voice, publishing, speaker, Verb, warfare, writing
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