1. Writing Guide: Present-Tense Verbs - usu.edu

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    The present tense highlights the vividness with which they re-occur whenever they pass through our minds and, because ... So, when writing about the man, ...

  2. The Pros and Cons of Writing a Novel in Present Tense ...

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    25.03.2014 · BY DAVID JAUSS The best writers almost always seem to know, either consciously or intuitively, when to use present tense. Many of us, however, do not.

  3. Simple Present Tense - CommNet

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    The present tense can be used to suggest the past with what is sometimes called the fictional (or historic) present: "We were watching the back door when, ...

  4. Grammar Girl : Present Tense Books :: Quick and Dirty Tips

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    14.03.2008 · Present Tense Books. ... writing it in the present tense allows the reader to unfold the mystery at the same time as the main character.

  5. Writing Advice…Past Tense or Present Tense? : Women ...

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    08.11.2013 · Present tense – the drawbacks. Immediacy is also inflexibility: the narrative proceeds at the speed of the physical action, there’s not much scope for ...

  6. The Present Tense of Verbs - ThoughtCo

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    05.05.2017 · In English grammar, the present is a verb tense that expresses action in the present time, indicates habitual actions, or expresses general truths.

  7. In Defense of the Present Tense | Literary Hub

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    05.08.2015 · I had no idea anyone else was writing in present tense besides me. All these quoted arguments with analyses of using present seem so strange and nitpicky ...

  8. Writing in -Present Tense- by Jessica Mckay on Prezi

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    26.02.2014 · Writing in -Present Tense-Examples of present tense works: The argument Which sounds more natural for you? past present future simple He ...

  9. How to use Past Tense, Present Tense and Future Tense

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    19.07.2016 · One of the easy ways to tell beginner writing is that the story bounces from past tense through present tense and future tense at random. Unskilled writers ...

  10. Philip Pullman calls time on the present tense | Books ...

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    18.09.2010 · Hensher may be right when he says that some of the pressure towards the present tense comes from creative writing courses, ...