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Kurt Hohmann on Nostr: #WritersCoffeeClub 8 Do you write in the active voice, passive voice or a mixture? ...

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Do you write in the active voice, passive voice or a mixture? Does it matter?

Definitely a mixture.

A lot of conversation IRL uses passive voice, so I write it into my dialogue in an effort to make it sound natural. I'll also choose passive if I want a surprise at the end of a sentence, e.g. "Mr. Boddy was murdered in the Observatory by..." And absolutely if the object is the star of the sentence, e.g. "A flowing crystal hamster had been propped atop the dresser."
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