WIP challenge - day 10 check

[lullabymoon]

Apologies about missing yesterday, I'd lose my head if it wasn't screwed on at the moment.

Poll #7739

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What were your ficcish achievements today?

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Wrote
6 (75.0%)

Edited
4 (50.0%)

Posted
2 (25.0%)

Researched
0 (0.0%)

Betad
0 (0.0%)

Other
1 (12.5%)

If you wrote, how many words did you achieve?

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0-249
2 (28.6%)

250-499
1 (14.3%)

500-749
1 (14.3%)

750-999
1 (14.3%)

1000 or more
2 (28.6%)

 

Today's discussion topic comes from ficwriter1966 : What are your thoughts on the recent trend of using present tense in fic? Have you tried it and loved it/hated it? Do you like/hate reading fic written in the present tense?

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[jagnikjen]

I'm not a big fan of present tense. I've read my whole life (@ 35+ of reading years) in past tense. I find it sort of odd. When it's done so well you don't really notice it that's one thing. But when a mediocre writer tries to use an unusual tense (or other out of the ordinary format or POV or whatever)--well that's just begging for trouble.

I don't do it and I generally won't read it.

[ficwriter1966]

Seems like, an unskilled writer using *any* kind of style is begging for trouble. I've seen some truly hair-raising stuff - both in fic, and in the e-books that are being self-published. What bothers me the most in a present-tense story is when the writer forgets they're doing it, and merrily flip-flops between present and past. I see that quite a bit.