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Oct 27, 2017 at 10:22am
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Re: Re: Re: Which tense to use...
One of the best pieces of writing advice I ever got: "In the reader's mind, past tense becomes present."

Long stretches of present tense can be a chore to read. But I'm not the target market for YA fiction, so get off my lawn.

Kids these days. Sheesh.

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