Thank you erika. A compliment from you is a wonderful way to start my day.
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Damn, DJ, that kicked ass.
Does anybody have time to take a look at some pages?
I'll have time tonight erika.
Because I need to vent about this somewhere:
As an editor in the technology industry/field/war/whatever it's currently being called, I shouldn't be saying this, but I don't care. I do not consider "passive voice" to be a horrible sin in technical writing. Yes, it should be avoided, but sometimes the most important thing is the clarity of the documentation, not the writing style. Can the reader easily and quickly understand what they need to do? Great! If not, there is a problem.
I feel much better for having said that.
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Passive voice is not of the devil, sometimes it's just what works best in the situation.
I had this fight about a month ago. What if the focus is not the one performing the action. I suppose I could have worded it awkwardly, but without the passive, it seemed like the paragraph was scattershot.
Challenge #127 (the list challenge) is now closed.
Challenge #128 is a cup of coffee and a piece of pie.
Mmmm. It's never the wrong time for pie.