http://www.bookshedforum.com/ The forum for new authors en Sat, 25 May 2013 17:44:40 GMT vBulletin 60 http://bookshedforum.com/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.bookshedforum.com/ http://www.bookshedforum.com/showthread.php?t=5478&goto=newpost Fri, 17 May 2013 18:21:35 GMT I've always veered towards the present tense, my theory being that I like the way characters don't know what they're learning. But after ditching too many stories at the one third mark, I'm having a pop at writing something in a combination of past and present and it feels much less constraining that I imagined.

With present tense, I suppose I tend to (as the story teller) overwrite the bad things happening so the character learns from them/gets that they're in a bad place. Writing in past tense and using hindsight, it feels like I can be far more natural and apply a lighter touch.

It might be why I have abandoned so many stories after 30k words as they get too intense and feel heavy handed.

Anyone else find this? ]]> Writing Talk mofanning http://www.bookshedforum.com/showthread.php?t=5478 http://www.bookshedforum.com/showthread.php?t=5475&goto=newpost Fri, 10 May 2013 19:51:41 GMT Got this in an email with a request to pass it on to y'all:


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