Yay! A good writing guide I can link to on LJ! I'm glad I read through this, it prompted me to look up passive voice and relearn why it was a bad thing. That was always one of my biggest problems (that and the semicolon). Your section on POV is definitely going to be a big help the next time I need to point out the difference between "writing like Tolkien" and just getting sloppy with the POV changes.
Quick question: what about epithets? Do you have any advice on the use of those. Personally, I find them to be the Evil That Must Die in most fanfic, but there are differing points of view where they're concerned.
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Date: 2006-10-29 02:00 am (UTC)Yay! A good writing guide I can link to on LJ! I'm glad I read through this, it prompted me to look up passive voice and relearn why it was a bad thing. That was always one of my biggest problems (that and the semicolon). Your section on POV is definitely going to be a big help the next time I need to point out the difference between "writing like Tolkien" and just getting sloppy with the POV changes.
Quick question: what about epithets? Do you have any advice on the use of those. Personally, I find them to be the Evil That Must Die in most fanfic, but there are differing points of view where they're concerned.