Do you ever consciously not use helping verbs (is, am, are, has, have, had, etc.) in your writing? It's a typical honors English class thing, it really does strengthen writing, but do people do it? I'm sure this has to have come up before, but it's been a while for me...
of course... to be a good writer, one must consciously use [or not use] each and every word carefully, to say what is intended and to make the desired impact on readers...
well wasn't doing it consciously, very little of my story is intially written with much conscious thought. I work at it and edit it to the way it sounds best. I often remove or add them depending on the character speaking or what plain looks/sounds best in places.