I'm finding it difficult to figure this one out. Is the word "now" appropiate in this phrase (Past tense)?: "He had inculcated in him the values...
Hi, I'd like to know if I'm using the word "prevailing" correctly. My half of a sentence is: "She changed the prevailing HR policies …" Am I...
I tend to do this without thinking, but it suddenly struck me when doing so yesterday, that it's not altogether logical. If I was writing a story...
Is there a rule of thumb of when you can or cannot use it? Sometimes it seems obvious, sometimes not. The storm had past and now the sky was...
What is the best practice for when a story is set in the past tense, but there are parts of the story that are consistent both in the past and...
So thinking about my Novel's opening I have the sentence, "That was the third one tonight." It is narration, not dialogue. In past tense telling...
I'm using past tense in my fiction writing. Is it right to use past tense in a tense with 'now'? Or does it have to change to present tense.
Hey guys. Is it acceptable to mix present and past tense in fiction and dialogue? Here's a snippet of what I'm writing: "You should really lock...
So I'm in the middle of writing this short that's turning out to not be so short anymore.... Anyways, you know how you can discover your story as...
I have run into this issue recently in a short story: I like move back into actions that the protagonist took earlier in the day ... or in a trip...
The story is a dystopian semi-paranormal novel that could possibly span into a few more books. It tells the story of a man trying to quench his...
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