If on a winter's night a traveler (1979), the entire story is told in the present tense, in the second person. This has the effect of a 'choose-your-own-adventure' novel. To rewrite Sarah's story in the same te
The present tense should be employed in the summary of a novel or a play. For other genres, such as nonfiction, use the tense of the original text. In the part of comments, students should give their own points of view on the book being discussed. They may name its merits and ...
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Using present tense. Handling thoughts. Week 6Making Scenes: Choosing scenes. Connecting scenes. Scene dynamics—conflict, dialogue, cinematic direction. Week 7Subplots, etc.: How to create subplots that enhance the main plot. Working with a “plot chain.” Working with multiple plots with ...
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Below, I’ve put it in present tense. I stare without breathing across the long room, into the dark eyes of the hunter, and he looks pleasantly back at me. Surely it’s a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I love. Noble, even. That ought to count for someth...
So I took the right turn, got the pictures, and am now writing the words that began to churn through my mind. And I notice that the above words about my dad and his love of whimsical tree cuts are in present tense. So maybe there is another reason to have done this, and even to...
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This is a necessarily simplified list, taken only from the first chapters of those books. There are thousands of strong verbs, usually action verbs, but these are a good start. I've also sorted them alphabetically and put them into present tense. ...