: Re: Switching from past to present tense in fiction writing Is it acceptable to switch to present tense when writing in third person POV past tense? (Not only within dialog.) For example:

@Cooney417

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It works, but only if you do it within the same sentence. So your first example needs to be corrected to:

They marched in two perfectly formed lines, their footsteps echoing through the hall.

...which definitely flows better than your second example.

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