Hi! First post on these forums. So, I'm having a little difficulty with tense, especially when it comes to "would have" vs "would". The same...
Hi All, Before you all fall over with laughter, I understand past/present tense in the sense of words. My issue is with scene setting or world...
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...
My favorite author of nonfiction narrative will switch from past to present usually when he wants to bring the reader into the scene, especially...
Don't laugh, it's been 30 years since I sat in an English classroom and I honestly don't remember the proper terms for what I want to ask. Yeah,...
I'm writing a visual novel and the standard for visual novels seems to be first person present tense, but I haven't read much of it. Do you guys...
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...
I've just gotten to typing up handwritten short story when I stumbled into this paragraph and realised I've changed tense maybe 4+ times in the...
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...
This is my fourth novel I'm writing (not published only two of the three written so far I've finished so I'm still new to all of this.) but I have...
Hello!! I don't know if this is really a thing, but I feel like my story is forcing me to write it in present tense. I'm on chapter eight, and...
When writing a story in the past tense, do you always use past perfect tense when talking about an action that happened before the story? In...
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...
The main plot of the story is this. Abigail is watching a movie with her friend when she noted that being controlled is fine as long as the...
What is your opinion on graphic writing? Be it sex or intense violence, is there a line you like to draw? I tend to make scenes as graphic as...
My current writing style is 'First Person, Present Tense'. I wanted to make myself write like this and at first it was difficult but it is now...
Forgive me if this has been posted before but is the past tense of lie, as in lie down, lay? It doesn't sound right. Jeff took off his shoes...
I'm halfway through my novel (55,000 words) and I've written everything so far in past tense (he said, we went etc.) BUT I've been thinking a lot...
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