Does anyone else in the world have TENSE ISSUES????
As I reread some of my posts - some from as recently as yesterday - I realize that the tense issues I've always noticed in my writing are, when I don't take care to curb them, as prevalent as they ever were.
This 'literary present tense' doesn't come naturally to me.
WORKING ON IT.
...So if you're reading this blog, try to overlook whatever inconsistencies in tense you may encounter. I'm *fixing* them now.
"It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present."
Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale
Grey Gardens
Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale
Grey Gardens
1 Comment:
Have you read James Wood's book, How Fiction Works? His book contains the best contemporary comprehension of tense that I have seen.
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