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Root out all the "to be" verbs in your prose and bludgeon them until dead. No "It was" or "they are" or "I am." Don't let it be, make it happen.

Barbara Kingsolver
Roots, Verbs, Prose
Interview with Crystal Wilkinson, appalachianheritage.net. November 20, 2014.
Root out all the to be verbs in your prose and bludgeon them until dead. No It was or they are or I am. Don't let it be, make it happen.