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Originally Posted by Crossroad Press
Also, to chime in on the passive voice. I believe passive voice has its place, but I also believe that it's overuse (which is far too common) removes the immediacy from your writing. I find excessive passive voice one of the most irritating stylistic choices ever. And I am also an old fogey (at least of the half century variety).
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Agreed, it can be overused, but it very much has its place in, for example, writing paragraphs of description. If you're describing a scene, and there's no character immediately involved, then writing it in the passive voice is a very natural choice.