Passive Writing and How It Can Kill a Story

How many times has someone told you your writing is passive and you sat there, scratching your head, wondering what that meant?  I know it happened to me a lot but no one really explained to me how to fix it so I kept making the same mistake and getting the same feedback over and over again.  It wasn’t until someone pointed it out to me when it finally sank in what I’d been doing wrong all along.  The great thing was and is, once you spot it and know how to fix it…wow!  It’s like having that V-8 moment. So, I thought I’d pass on my revelation to others and if it helps one person out there, then I will be so totally stoked and happy.