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Pez ([personal profile] pez) wrote2004-04-12 04:22 am

Tenses

When I write [Blinded], I use both present and past tense, depending on which part of the story I'm writing.

When I RP, I tend to use present tense.

And now when I try to write a fic in past tense, I keep using the wrong grammar O_O *dies* I feel so stupid. Maybe I should just change the whole damn thing to present tense, since I've only just started.

But apparently some people find it strange to read present tense writing? ^^"

[identity profile] quatorze.livejournal.com 2004-04-12 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
apparently some people find it strange to read present tense writing?

Maybe, but I've found myself gravitating more and more towards writing in the present tense. It started as an experiment, but now I realize that I've written/am writing altogether three of my most recent stories in present tense, and at least one that's still only being planned is probably going to be in present tense as well. I don't know what it is that attracts me there -- the breathy feeling of here and now, I guess.

[identity profile] lina-lau.livejournal.com 2004-04-12 09:21 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm, it's not strange for me to read in the present tense - but it's certainly different to what I'm used to, I guess. And I rp in the past tense as well... >_> I guess the past comes more naturally to me than the present tense. ^_^

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[identity profile] browneyedboy00.livejournal.com 2004-04-12 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Tense is somethign I never notice until Im trying to write myself, lately for english Ive been trying to do present for a change and I find I just cant.

Really wierdmy grammer gets messed up and I drift into past automatically and in general its all stilted and crappy.