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: How to write in third person present tense without making it sound awkward? Generally it is preferred that one use present tense with POV, or at least it sounds organic. Are there any ground
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: Present tense in personal recounts I'm writing a travel memoir and have come across a dilemma of sorts. Yes, I know that a memoir is usually written in the past tense -- since it happened
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: Are there rules related to tense used? I started my novel in third person, past tense, then I changed it to third person present tense, then I changed it to first person present tense, and
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: Can the first-person narrator use both past and present tenses? My first person narrator is telling his story in the past tense but there are present tense realities too that get me confused
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: Avoiding tenses problems I think I'm facing many problems concerning the use of tense when I write things..so is there any app or website that can check my mistakes and correct them?
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: Do you use past-perfect in narrative to make a reference about a time before the point of narrative? Or is it better to use past simple? I had a question regarding the use of past perfect
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: Is Third-Person Present Tense Common and Popular in Adult Novels? I was wondering if third-person present tense was common and popular in adult novels. I know when I'm reading Young Adult novels
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: Past or present tense when describing a well-known method in the description of an experiment? I am describing an experiment for a scientific paper. In this experiment, I use a very well-known
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: Past tense or not in a statement about a general idea Sometimes, I come across with a problem like this: I don't know if I should use past tense or not in the sentence like below. Nine
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: Tense change when referring to how protagonist currently is while he is describing events I have written a novel that I want to send out to agents, but am now having doubts if it is polished
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: If I am teaching someone through Video tutorial than how to ask question from him? I am making a tutorial video on programming language. During video I want to ask question who is watching
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: What is this writing style called and how can I remove pronouns? Some background. I am currently in the editing phase of my dissertation and I have no clue what 'tense?'/'personage?'/writing
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: What tense should the dialogues be in a first person singular write-ups? I am writing my novel in first person singular in the past tense as narrated by the protagonist. So obviously the narrative
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: Shifting tenses in the middle of narration I am writing a short story where the narrator is recording a message to his daughter about some tragic event and in between the narration, the narrator
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: What tense to use for events that are still happening? The question is similar to this but the answers does not answer me. In my general fiction novel, which is told in first person singular
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: Past vs. present tense when referring to a fictional character What would you write when referring to a fictional character in a non-fiction work? e.g. Tom Sawyer is a boy, he has no parents,
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: In one book can one narrator be in present and the other in past? I'm currently planning a book series that is told from the first person perspective of 5 different characters. I have a different
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: Switching tense and point of view between the chapters I'm writing a story told mostly in first person point of view in present tense where the narrator alternates between two characters from
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: Historical Present in English? As a historian, I at times get my fingers on Latin texts. Latin has a rather peculiar use of past and present tenses: Usually, texts are written in Imperfect,
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: Is it confusing for English speakers to see mixed tenses in narration? I translate fanfiction stories from Russian into English as a hobby and I'm a bit confused about tenses. In Russian, it's
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: Varying POV and tense My novel is written in the third person. When changing POV between different scenes (or chapters), is it OK if the parts for different POV characters use different tenses:
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: Should I change from past to present tense to state a fact that continues into the present and is unyielding? Within narration in past tense, should a statement of a universally true fact be
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: Flashforward Tense I am a new-ish author. I've written a lot of books, but they've never been published. Anyway, for this new book I'm about to write the first scene is a flash-forward to
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: How can I avoid repetition of "I", while keeping present tense in first person? I'm writing a first-person fantasy novel. I can't exactly figure out how to avoid the repetition of "I" when
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: Are characters' internal thoughts written in past or present tense? Is there a general rule for past vs. present tense for a character's internal thoughts? Direct thoughts in present, while indirect
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: Confusion about scientific writing tenses I am writing a study for my second academic degree. As usual it has research questions and objectives. My confusion lies in the tenses for these two.
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: Are there any rules to follow about the narrator mixing past and present tense in writing? I'm editing a short story that's been written in the past tense, however at some points I slip up
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: Shifting from Past tense to present tense I want to make a cartoon video describing my personal experience. Is it okay if I used the past tense to introduce the story first and then shift
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: Can I change tenses in my first person YA novel? I'm half way through a YA science fiction novel that is told in 1st person, past tense. Currently there are two chapters in different tenses.
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: Confusion about usage of present tense vs past tense vs mixed I am quite new to writing so I hope my question makes any sense. I'm trying to write a first draft of a story that has been
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: A question about Past Participle vs Simple Past in a novel The novel is in past tense and the character is recounting things that happened before the novel began. Should I be using the past
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: How to avoid slipping into the wrong tense? In one of the stories I'm writing at the moment, when the narrator is in the scene, the story is in present tense (which is painful, but so far
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: Converting/rewriting present tense narratives to past tense gracefully. Not a question about verb conjugation I decided a few chapters into a book I'm writing that I dislike present tense, and
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: Issue of tense and breaking the fourth wall/meta Looking at another thread on tense, I realize that this one of mine may be misconstrued as me asking for help fixing a specific paragraph. Rather
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: First person plural for charisma? I've been writing a friendly tutorial series for a small art software community. Somehow I decided to write it in first person plural, so the entire tutorial
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: There will be vs There is : When writing proposals for IT projects Please read following two sentence. There will be around 20 reports. There is around 20 reports. What is the correct / most
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: Present tense or Future tense (When writing articles or technical guides) Should we use present tense or future tense when writing an article? I know this question will be off topic if I asked
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: Do modern readers believe the first person narrator can't die? Back in highschool in the 90s we had an assignment to write an extra chapter for a book. After some discussion the teacher told
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: Is it correct to write "should/could/must be" in past tense narrative? Example in my own writing: Kazumi didn't reply to her boyfriend---or rather ex-boyfriend's---message. Instead, she stayed
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: How can I improve my grammar? I feel like I have learned everything I know about Grammar by osmosis. I don't remember learning any of the technicalities of Grammar when I was at school and
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