8 - Do you use the passive voice or active voice? Both? Do you make a conscious decision to do it, or is it simply something that happens? When do you use passive voice versus active voice, and why? Example of passive voice: The ball was thrown by the boy. Example of active voice: The boy threw the ball.

I don't know. Sometimes Word insists I'm using the passive voice – but Word is often wrong about grammar, especially when it comes to creative works rather than formal letters. Sometimes the passive voice works – maybe the ball is the important object here; the ball lands in a clump of grass and lies hidden for years... until the protagonist finds it.

Some of these questions, more so than the previous meme, are harder for me to answer – if anyone who has read my work wants to differ on my interpretations, feel free. I might be doing things that I'm not aware of :D

ETA: I found an article that gives some examples of when passive voice is undesirable as well as some examples of where it can be useful.

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I'll make an index post when I've completed the meme with links to all my answers; they will all be tagged #how fiction works meme. You can find the full set of questions at pristineungift's entry:here