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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] illariy.livejournal.com 2009-10-22 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
As a reader, I answered "no preference" in the poll. I do have a slight preference for past tense in longer fic but it won't keep me from reading or anything. One exception: if it's not an omniscient POV and the POV character dies at the end of the story and doesn't end up in afterlife or something, I actually prefer present tense. Just a weird quirk I have because otherwise, I am slightly puzzled at the end just when the character is supposed to have told their story. XD

[identity profile] syredronning.livejournal.com 2009-10-23 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
LOL, good point about the killed POV *giggles* Will keep that in mind :)