How do you feel about the present tense in the book?
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Re: How do you feel about the present tense in the book?
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Thank you! ~Michelle CummingsMelchi Asuma wrote: ↑25 Feb 2018, 03:36 I always feel that using the present tense in a novel for a writer is pretty daring. It takes very great authors to pull it off and the author of The Reel Sisters really did pull it off. Hats off to the author.
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Exactly my thoughtsmaggiechap wrote: ↑23 Mar 2018, 15:16 Present tense has never really bothered me. I write in first person present tense and so do a lot of the authors I read so it isn't a problem. It does take certain finesse to do it correctly though. After a few pages, I found it actually helped me stay in the book more so than if it had been in past tense. But I think it just depends on what you are used to reading on a regular basis.
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I prefer third person and past tense. It helps me to imagine the characters and see them as if they were real when the story is told as though it already happened.