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And I know your readers will too.

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I hope everyone is having a good weekend. Since my last attempt to start a conversation about chapters did not go over too well, I thought this week about another topic we could discuss and help us all get better acquainted.

Let's talk verb tenses. It is interesting that I am learning Hebrew and Arabic as part of my post-graduate degree, and I have been told by my profs that the passive voice (especially in Hebrew ((nefal verbs)) is writing at the highest level. This runs counter to everything I have been told when writing English. In fact, Word Perfect, as part of its spell/grammer check would alert you to how many sentences you constructed in the passive voice so you could correct them.

So, I was hoping you all had some tips on how to avoid passive voice that you could share with the group...and.... if you want, any other secrets about avoiding tenses which drag down the narrative.

I look forward to reading the posts and perhaps gleaning some new secrets myself.