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[kristen999]

Dear Muse,

Thank you for telling me a few thousand words into our one-shot that you refuse to keep writing in past tense. I appreciate it.

Version 2.0 here we go :D

Comments

[saphirablue]

Um, lol? *sorry* Of course I'm saying: Bad Muse, very bad Muse! ;)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Ahahah I have totally had that happen in tense and POV (past when it wants to be present, 3rd person when it wants to be 1st) - it is so annoying to have to go back and change verbs in pages and pages, especially because you always miss one and then look like an idiot later XP

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

First tense is so incredibly sneaky. I find that it often tries to creep into my own stories even when those stories start out in past tense.

[coolbreeze1.livejournal.com]

I was going to say at least you're only a few thousand words into your one-shot before you had to go back and switch tenses, but if it's a short one-shot, that could mean you're halfway through the story! I don't think I've ever had my muse scream for present tense. The one time I did write a one-shot in present tense, I kept slipping into past tense. It was almost painful to stay on the right tense.