#WritersCoffeeClub 8/17 Why did/do you choose the past or present tense?
I used to only write in past tense, which served me well enough, but I've tried a few short stories in the present and the result was surprisingly good, so I experiment often now.
Taliesin is set 1400 years in the past so the past tense just seemed like the obvious choice.
Of course, by that logic, any futuristic scifi stuff I write might have to be in the future tense.
Alexander Corby šµš· /
npub1dhā¦q6dav
2024-08-17 13:32:27
Author Public Key
npub1dh3srm7dujfs5qym0wnmta8smpurmtr73laz2htdxmqa9dwwg85shq6davPublished at
2024-08-17 13:32:27Event JSON
{
"id": "8b2ba2420d0ad1ba2d26c567ace58239a8529e2ae94a9ad05d13e557642342ae",
"pubkey": "6de301efcde4930a009b7ba7b5f4f0d8783dac7e8ffa255d6d36c1d2b5ce41e9",
"created_at": 1723901547,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"writerscoffeeclub"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://indieauthors.social/users/AlexCorby/statuses/112977611809441721",
"activitypub"
]
],
"content": "#WritersCoffeeClub 8/17 Why did/do you choose the past or present tense?\n\nI used to only write in past tense, which served me well enough, but I've tried a few short stories in the present and the result was surprisingly good, so I experiment often now.\n\nTaliesin is set 1400 years in the past so the past tense just seemed like the obvious choice.\n\nOf course, by that logic, any futuristic scifi stuff I write might have to be in the future tense.",
"sig": "5130b65a359740ac803c1e4754bd6c144eec1e69dc7eeae9b953cd533ee15d44d6cbace14a7543191e7f7ca36534afc0216a006fe31f88766b29ad38499a8472"
}