Over this semester i have learned so many new things. AP style writing was 100% completely new to me and starting to write in AP was a challenge. However there has been three main mistakes that i have been continuing to make.
1. Passive Voice: When we had to write our midterm about the pink sweater bandit, i used passive voice here and there. I need to start focusing more on not using passive voice and writing in the present.
2. Numbers: I am still getting confused as to when i need to use numbers or spell the numbers out. I made this mistake during a lot of my quizzes during the beginning of class. I am going to focus more on this for my final so i do not make this mistake again.
3. My third mistake i frequently make is that i am very very wordy. I need to not use so many words and make my writing more precise and not so descriptive. I need to get to the point. I made this mistake on my midterm and on the feature story that i just recently wrote.
May 6, 2010 @ 1:36 pm
6/6. Remember that “passive voice” is not the same as “past tense.”