Tell Us Your Thoughts on....

We need your thoughts on misread phrases and passive words—which ones are on your Search and Destroy List?

On our next Dragon’s Den internet radio program, we’re going to be talking about funny turns of phrase and overused passive words....you know the things we often miss with a first read but love our critique partners and editors because they are more than ready to point them out to us.

And we especially want your thoughts, questions, and how you handle these topics in your own writing....

Things like:

His eyes rolled around the room, taking in the bleak décor.
Uh, what? Did they fall out of their sockets and just roll around LOL?

Her hand shot through the door and pulled him back.
Right through the wood? LOL—go superwoman!

And these words that get repeated over and over in manuscripts:

Look, said, think, it, felt **cringe**...passive terms that should be searched, destroyed and rewritten before you submit.

We all know them, we’ve all been there. And now we want to know how you fix them? How do you change your sentences? Share your favorite thesaurus resources, your favorite replacement words. We want to know what you do.

Please, feel free to email me at kay@firedrakesweyr.com with your thoughts and suggestions on these topics.

Then come listen to our next Dragon’s Den program Tuesday, April 15th http://www.pivtr.com/ at 8pm EST for your responses and suggestions to help you strengthen your writing.

(Don’t worry if you can’t make it Tuesday, you can always check out our archived shows at http://internetvoicesradio.com/Arch-DragonsDen.htm)