Passive Voice Tips and Other Resources
New editors are rightfully hyper-vigilant about issues like apostrophe abuse and passive voice, but if you’re trying to learn the rules some of this stuff can be a real wilderness. Is it ALWAYS bad to use passive voice? Not according to this resource from the University of North Carolina.
What about the proper use of semicolons? WritingHood.com has four tips to help you remember what you learned so long ago.
And then there’s the flagrant abuse of the apostrophe, which has aggravated at least one person so much they dedicated an entire website to it.
ParagraphPunch is another site dedicated to a single idea, but this one’s for pay. Alas, some who need it are too stingy to shell out…but it’s there should you need a bit of schooling.
And finally, show your writers this Self Editing Success article by Carole Moore if you really need to send a message. With a little luck the writer will take a hint…but this is also good for keeping oneself honest when you lack decent input from a more experienced writer or editor.
