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[lullabymoon]

How did today go for you?

Poll #11720

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Today I...

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wrote
1 (25.0%)

edited
0 (0.0%)

researched
1 (25.0%)

posted
0 (0.0%)

had a rest
2 (50.0%)

did something else
1 (25.0%)

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great
3 (75.0%)

okay
0 (0.0%)

average
0 (0.0%)

meh
1 (25.0%)

I don't want to talk about it
0 (0.0%)

[WRITE FIRST HALF OF FIC IN PAST TENSE (Fanfic Flamingo) NEXT SCENE SOUNDS BETTER IN PRESENT]

Do you find yourself switching between tenses when you write, and do you struggle which which one sounds best sometimes?

Comments

[elistaire]

My biggest problem with tense is when I read other stories in the present tense and then try to write in the past tense! I switch all over the place. It wasn't so bad when I was just in Highlander fandom because the majority of stories are past tense. But X-Men First Class fandom has just as many or more present tense stories, and it mixes me up quite frequently.

[lielac]

Restin' right now. I might write sommat of the Kiina/MN fic but ain't gonna hold myself to anything.

YES YES I DO GET OUT OF MY HEAD FLAMINGO. I usually end up writing my posted fics in present tense because why not, but I find myself slipping into past tense because most fics are and also my collab writing (DING DONG THE THING IS DEAD) was in past tense. I also slipped into present tense on occasion while helping write that, but that wasn't as often as I slip into past when writing present. Present sounds better to me for my fics, but past is... decent. And the industry standard so I s'pose I'd better get used to it. XD

[lea_hazel]

I'm rereading my hasty, sloppy fic from the week. Tempting to post it as is, clear my head to work on other projects, but I know I'll regret not polishing it. I have so many ideas I can't seem to nail down.

[lilly_c]

I'm trying to ignore a smut fic that won't leave my head tonight, it may have to be written eventually.

I tend to write past tense all the time as I find it more consistent. Sometimes in my outlining and notes I'll switch between tenses but only for the purposes of reminding myself what scene is next.

[linaewen]

I've been traveling, so another week has passed where nothing got written. I took my stories with me, but had no time to even look at them! Ah, well....

I write in past tense exclusively in my WIPS, but I have done one or two short things in present tense -- they worked quite nicely that way!