: Re: Should one avoid overusing "it" in prose? The next morning I went to the forest—not the mini-scale forest but the real one. It extended miles and miles around the house. We were

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Generally with pronouns, so long as the subject doesn't change you wont cause confusion. When there is only one male or one female in the scene, pronoun to your heart's content...course I try to balance that with reminders via the dialogue because the repetition can be...distracting.

When you start getting into scenes with more complexity you need to be a little more deliberate about what/who/where (etc) is being referenced. (Like roger pointed out with the "it" at the end of your sample.

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