May 31

May 31 Ep70: Passive Voice and Sentence Structure

Hello Writers and Crafters!

I'm Valerie Ihsan and this is Episode 70 of the podcast, and it's May 31, 2022 as we record this.

Main Topic: Passive Voice/Sentence Structure

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Next episode: How to keep writing when your kids are home.

Resources/Notes: The British actress I thought of during the episode was Olivia Colman. But the narrator for the audiobook, My Mess is a Bit of a Life, was Katherine Parkinson--which was the medical receptionist in Doc Martin. GREAT voice.

I wanted to announce that my friend, colleague, and mentor, J Thorn, just launched his new book, Writing Scenes.

I'm especially excited about this because I contributed to the making of this book in several ways, and I feel quite proud of all I did.

One of the example scenes in the book is one I submitted from my current work in progress (my memoir).

I narrated that scene (in the Before and After example) in the audiobook. (Audiobook is coming soon. Just waiting on Audible to approve it.)

And I edited the book for J.

It would tickle me if you picked up the book for yourself. Here's the link: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/three-story-method-writing-scenes

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