Laura, this is so welcome as I am making the same decisions in the novel I am writing now. I find present tense difficult, yet I think it's the right choice. I yearn for past tense, which feels more alive to me. Yet present tense reads alive. Beats me! Thanks for this. Of course, Moments of Being by V. Woolf.
Laura, this is so welcome as I am making the same decisions in the novel I am writing now. I find present tense difficult, yet I think it's the right choice. I yearn for past tense, which feels more alive to me. Yet present tense reads alive. Beats me! Thanks for this. Of course, Moments of Being by V. Woolf.
Oh, that’s fascinating that you feel the opposite. And I’m now working in past tense, LOL. I need to reread the Woolf, thanks for the reminder.
Really appreciated your perspective on the use of tense in historical fiction. Thanks for the insights.
Thanks so much, Kathy.