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Topic : Re: Proper use of the "historical present tense" I am thinking of employing the historical present tense in a first-person narrative (to achieve a greater level of immediacy). The problem is that - selfpublishingguru.com

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: Re: Proper use of the "historical present tense" I am thinking of employing the historical present tense in a first-person narrative (to achieve a greater level of immediacy). The problem is that

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You can accomplish what you want with a single punctuation change, comma to colon:

Two weeks earlier: I am sitting in a bar in New Orleans . . .

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