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What do you think of it?

Love it - it brings a freshness and immediacy to prose that past tense lacks
2 (8.7%)
Loathe it - it's pretentious and annoying as hell to read
9 (39.1%)
Don't mind it - in the hands of a skilled writer, it can be made to work
12 (52.2%)
Other
0 (0%)

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Author Topic: Present tense  (Read 5750 times)

Offline BobSkull

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Re: Present tense
« Reply #15 on: May 18, 2007, 08:00:00 PM »
I DESPISE it. It's one of the reasons I could never read much of L.E. Modesitt's stuff. I just can't seem to get into it at all.
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