tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634687758295347831.post4018465360524094870..comments2023-09-03T05:18:43.041-07:00Comments on Robin's Nest: Choosing The Right Tense For Your NovelRobin Reulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09352903237363756598noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634687758295347831.post-74623522720718616742012-08-05T19:59:12.681-07:002012-08-05T19:59:12.681-07:00I have started this book called "Bite me"...I have started this book called "Bite me" from Christopher Moore, an author I like (Lamb is very funny!), and it is written in the first person past tense, but it's so dynamic, it feels like it's the present tense! I find this amazing!Kayteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342024203428807800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634687758295347831.post-30308468645824914322012-07-24T12:36:40.114-07:002012-07-24T12:36:40.114-07:00I have to agree that the present tense make you fe...I have to agree that the present tense make you feel "there" as it happen. But I find it easier in the long run to write in the past tense. Some sentences or actions do feel weird when everything is in the present tense (I have tried it). I did not struggle so much with switching tenses when I wrote in the present tense, but I did and still do with the past tense. Some sentences, I find myself thinking out loud "well, this is a timeless statement, shouldn't it be in the present tense since my character still feels the same towards the subject?" and I wonder if I am correct with this thought...Kayteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342024203428807800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634687758295347831.post-37570563034424479052011-11-10T13:21:55.873-08:002011-11-10T13:21:55.873-08:00I struggle with switching tenses too, and I now fe...I struggle with switching tenses too, and I now feel guilty that I gave my students such a hard time for doing it. It is very easy to slip. I am also struggling with point of view. I usually write personal essays and memoirs, so it's hard not to write "I" because the main character is one I can relate too. I am enjoying the freedom of an omniscient narrator though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com