Right by the door so I could get away if I needed to. Genie’s wasn’t too busy and we easily found a place to sit. On the other hand, alcohol would have helped lessen my guilt about being with her. I figured I should show some level of responsibility. Even though I was totally pissed with Jude for being so dismissive about my day, I’d dragged Taylor along. I desperately wanted a cocktail but I wasn’t so good at handling my drink yet. Taylor and I grabbed our drinks coke for her, juice for me. In fact, if you wore more than a bikini in there during the day, people stared because you’d overdressed. The bar was casual, mostly filled with surfers and sun worshippers so it didn’t require any kind of dress code. Since it was close to Freya’s apartment, she and I often went there for drinks after work, or before going out to a club. Genie’s was my favourite place to hang out. Past Progressive: puts emphasis on an action that was in "He was sitting" and "She was walking" are past progressive tenses, not passive voice.
A beta reader once told me I should change everything like “was sitting” and “was walking” because it was passive voice, but that's not correct. There is one misconception about passive voice, though. Doing a little researchĪnd keeping a list next to your computer will help you spot them easily. TIP #2: There are other signs of passive voice Usually when "was" is followed by a verb ending in "ed" that is a sign of passive voice. If the subject is not doing the action, revise the sentence. TIP #1: Use the Search tool in Microsoft Word to find every single “was”, "were", and "had/have been" in your manuscript. All you have to do is rearrangeĪ few words. Very easy to make passive voice active if you need to. For example: "My car was stolen!" is a correct sentence if your character doesn't know who stole his/her car. However, it's not totally wrong to use passive voice. Passive voice is wordier and can be harder to understand. For creative writing, it's better to write active sentences because they are more to-the-point.
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