Let’s remove passive sentences.
We all have them. They sneak into your writing and are evil little things that make the writing boring and dull. Passive sentences, namely ones that contain the words was and were.
The problem is that we don’t see them. They are invisible as well as evil. So how do we get the removed?
My technique is different than most. I propose that you do a find and replace for all your wases as 1234567890. Change were to 0987654321. This way it is an obvious thing to your eyes. However, once you go through all of your rewriting, you can immediately change them back to was and were that showed up in dialog.
That’s just how I do it. Maybe you can try it and tell me what happens.
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Abigail
always a writer 
I think that’s a pretty good idea: I’ll have to try it next time I’m rewriting something.
I agree though, I normally only write passive sentences by accident these days so I’m always looking to get rid of any that make their way into my writing.