9 Common Writing Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

• Laugh track
• Countersinking
• Summary over scene
• Rear-view mirror descriptions
• Verb tense shifts
• Mime conversations
• Perception fallacy
• Passive voice
• Answering-the-phone cliché
• BONUS: “There are many rules of good writing, but the best way to find them is to be a good reader.”