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syredronning ([personal profile] syredronning) wrote2009-10-22 10:31 pm
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Poll time! *inquiring mind wants to know*

Because I'm procrastinating, and the question of present & past tense is constantly popping up when I write Draws, the series in which I can neither keep consistent tenses nor character naming. Sigh ;)

[Poll #1474897]

[identity profile] gokuma.livejournal.com 2009-10-22 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
As a reader, I prefer past tense - but generally, I think that present tense is good in shorter texts/drabbles; longer stories are better if they are told/written in past tense.

[identity profile] syredronning.livejournal.com 2009-10-23 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
I think you're entirely right and that's possibly the take I should settle with. However, in a long series with shorter and longer stories, I guess I should keep to one tense :)