✦ Okay, here's a tip ✦ I swear, if I hear one more person giving writing advice that states , as a writer, you need to avoid passive voice, I...will...SCREAM! Here's the deal. Passive voice isn't a problem, because other than politicians and CEO's saying, "Mistakes were made," NO ONE uses passive voice! Passive voice is something akin to "The door was slammed by Joe." Who writes like that??? No, my friends, the issue is PASSIVE WRITING. We're talking writing using wea...