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Can you share with us why you sometimes choose present tense? Mainly the feel of it. Not a very technical answer--sorry--but it depends on the character I'm writing. If the piece is particularly "emotional" in a sense, the MC struggling through a great trial, the choppy short pacing of something in...

Well, I worked up the nerve to stick my head over here. Tenses are my absolute worst. :oops: The pen was lifeless between my fingers as I stared at the lined pages before me. They were void of emotion and comfort with only the emptiness left. It haunted me. The pen is lifeless in hand, while I stare...

Okay...I snipped. :lol: I mean, edited. :roll: Take two: Exhaustion rewarded Jan’s endless workday as she curled her toes, inching toward the kitchen. Cold. Soda. Maybe. Sugar? Yes! “Ow!” A grimace accompanied her as she investigated the offender. A lego. Swallowing the outburst, Jan retrieved the r...

Oooh, can I try? I like the way you explain this...easy to remember. Don't have to "think" think about it. :roll: Exhaustion rewarded Jan’s endless workday. Twisting her feet out of too-new shoes, she curled her toes while inching toward the kitchen. Ice. Cold. Soda. Maybe. Sugar? Yes! The thoughts ...

Wow...oh boy. Now I have to really, um...work? *gasp*

lovinthearts wrote: Sara,
Sounds like my diary growing up. What are diaries for, right? Only mine didn't sound as beautiful and poetic. You have a gift.

Aww, thanks!

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Yay! I'm on the list...see me?

Thanks for the head's up, Chrissy! I was in so much of a whirlwind last week I didn't even check for the list!

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(Way to go, Julie! You were so close!)

Wow! That's a lot happening...so glad you got it in!

Yay! So glad you got it in, even though the laptop didn't want to cooperate.

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I feel famous.

Good going! Extremely happy that ya got it in.

Chrissy! Way to write friend! Congrats, I'm so glad you got in!