I love this post by Lydia over at The Sharp Angle.
It perfectly addresses a point I was trying to make to a fellow writer a few weeks ago. I was advised that shifting from present to past was too confusing. I felt it was no more confusing than a real person speaking of what was happening at that moment and what happened last night. As long as the change in time frame was made clear, there was no problem. However,I went on and changed my current work to past tense.
I am not nearly as happy with it,because as I said and Lydia agreed, it lost the sense of immediacy.
After reading Lydia's words, I may revisit present tense.
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