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[WRITING] Epiphany
4/2/12 19:31
I've been writing for years now, so you might think that I would know about what I prefer/how I do it, but I've only recently discovered that I prefer/find it easier to write my story using the present tense instead of the past tense ^^;;;
All that because funnily enough, the The Social Network fanfics are pretty much all written using the present tense (no, seriously, out of the hundred or so fics I've read this last couple of weeks, about two or three were written in the past tense).
At first, I found it really weird, but I got used to it quickly enough, and then I tried writing something in present tense and... OMG WOW! It feels so much more easier to flow/write, and much more 'natural'. I'm not sure how to explain, but this week I managed to get out 7'000 words for a new Harry Potter fanfiction whose plot had been annoying me for weeks now.
Another thing that I like with the present tense, is that it's easier to stick to the knowledge of one character that way. I mean, when I write, I like to use the point of view of one character and go on that way, and when he interacts with another character, I try to stick with only what mine knows. Like, no omniscient narrator, just what we know/see from the main character's point of view. And using the present tense for that is much easier and helps me focus on just the way that character is seeing the world.
Anyway, I'm babbling. So, yeah, present tense. I wonder what Guide would be like if I had written it all in the present tense? (probably not really a good idea, seeing as I think I use Zack's point of view a bit later in the story).
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Also, it was minus ten bloody degrees (14°F) at 8.00 pm yesterday and about -17 now (1.4°F) and I'M COOOOOOOOOLD >_< My poor heater can't keep up.
(the only good thing is that the snow we had at the beginning of the week is still there because it's too bloody cold to melt, so I'm currently watching a magnificent scenery right outside my window.
(and the stalactites hanging from the bottom of my car never fail to make me laugh))
All that because funnily enough, the The Social Network fanfics are pretty much all written using the present tense (no, seriously, out of the hundred or so fics I've read this last couple of weeks, about two or three were written in the past tense).
At first, I found it really weird, but I got used to it quickly enough, and then I tried writing something in present tense and... OMG WOW! It feels so much more easier to flow/write, and much more 'natural'. I'm not sure how to explain, but this week I managed to get out 7'000 words for a new Harry Potter fanfiction whose plot had been annoying me for weeks now.
Another thing that I like with the present tense, is that it's easier to stick to the knowledge of one character that way. I mean, when I write, I like to use the point of view of one character and go on that way, and when he interacts with another character, I try to stick with only what mine knows. Like, no omniscient narrator, just what we know/see from the main character's point of view. And using the present tense for that is much easier and helps me focus on just the way that character is seeing the world.
Anyway, I'm babbling. So, yeah, present tense. I wonder what Guide would be like if I had written it all in the present tense? (probably not really a good idea, seeing as I think I use Zack's point of view a bit later in the story).
***
Also, it was minus ten bloody degrees (14°F) at 8.00 pm yesterday and about -17 now (1.4°F) and I'M COOOOOOOOOLD >_< My poor heater can't keep up.
(the only good thing is that the snow we had at the beginning of the week is still there because it's too bloody cold to melt, so I'm currently watching a magnificent scenery right outside my window.
(and the stalactites hanging from the bottom of my car never fail to make me laugh))
