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Teal lime Posted 4 years ago
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Tense to use to write a novel

Which tense should I use to write a novel: the simple present or the past simple?

  

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teal lime Which tense should I use to write a novel: the simple present or the past simple? I don't know of any novel that doesn't contain every tense of the language it is written in, but the past tense predominates in most novels. CJ

  • teal lime Which tense should I use to write a novel: the simple present or the past simple?
  • I don't know of any novel that doesn't contain every tense of the language it is written in, but the past tense predominates in most novels.
  • CJ
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teal lime

Which tense should I use to write a novel: the simple present or the past simple?

I don't know of any novel that doesn't contain every tense of the language it is written in, but the past tense predominates in most novels.

CJ

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What is the subject of the novel? What time period is it set in?

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