: Re: Can I change between the use of past tense to present tense for the story being told by a character in first person? My story is told by one of the characters and frequently uses the past

I think the yo-yo effect is jarring to the reader. This is even worse when it's character voice changing. Changing "now also wanted" to "wanted" and "is that" to "was that" is fairly minimal and an easier read. I don't believe it impacts your writing negatively to keep the tenses consistent.

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: How far does libel extend in writing? Suppose I wrote a book. Suppose it had a normal modern fictional story about it. Suppose that the characters aren't based on real people and have no relation

: I'm going to spin this around for you. In Jeffrey Schechter's My Story Can Beat Up Your Story, Schechter suggests that a lot of theme is about the protagonist asking a thematic question,

: How do I cite a standalone quote at the beginning of a doctoral thesis? The book which the quote is from is also being cited throughout the thesis, so naturally it is included in the bibliography.

: Using true/real names and events in a fiction novel I would like to know where to reference what true or real names and events can be used in fiction novel. Example: Can you use words

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