1.0https://clearwaterpress.com/oneyearnovelDaniel Schwabauerhttps://clearwaterpress.com/oneyearnovel/blog/author/schwabauer/Why Not Was? - The Case Against Using "Was" in Your Novelrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="li0TZ2Hc07"><a href="https://clearwaterpress.com/oneyearnovel/blog/why-not-was/">Why Not Was? – The Case Against Using “Was” in Your Novel</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://clearwaterpress.com/oneyearnovel/blog/why-not-was/embed/#?secret=li0TZ2Hc07" width="600" height="338" title="“Why Not Was? – The Case Against Using “Was” in Your Novel” — " data-secret="li0TZ2Hc07" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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https://clearwaterpress.com/oneyearnovel/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2009/01/black-cat1.jpg464298Daniel Schwabauer Put briefly, was is a boring word. It denotes existence. The cat was. The car was. The knife was. Big deal. Lots of cats and cars and knives are. If you want to make me care, show the cat, car or knife doing something interesting: howling, crashing, stabbing.