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Darkshore:
I was just looking over an old manuscript I had been forced to put on hold over the past few months due to lack of time and wow. The first chapter was freaking beautiful (shocked the crap out of me), but here's the kicker. Some how in the second chapter I went from 1st person past tense to 1st person present tense. I must have completely zoned into my character...It really freaked me out because I did not remember doing this. Anyone else ever notice things like this before?

Nickeris86:
Yeah, but I have a problem remembering what tense I started my story in a lot of the time lol.

meg_evonne:
Congrats on the super chapter. So which tense will you continue on?

Darkshore:
Thanks :D. I plan to keep it in 1st person past tense, like the Dresden Files. I've always felt really comfortable with that writing style in a horror or noir novel. The mix-up did make me think though. I actually liked a bit of what I'd written in present tense, but I think the majority of readers don't find it enjoyable.

Dresdenus Prime:

--- Quote from: Darkshore on February 08, 2012, 01:24:04 PM ---Thanks :D. I plan to keep it in 1st person past tense, like the Dresden Files. I've always felt really comfortable with that writing style in a horror or noir novel. The mix-up did make me think though. I actually liked a bit of what I'd written in present tense, but I think the majority of readers don't find it enjoyable.

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I started reading The Hunger Games recently, and I'm actually somewhat irked that it's written in first person present. I'm still really enjoying it, but at the same time it makes me miss my first person past tense-Dresden Files books hehe.

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