I don't like fiction written in the present tense.

[Amy-Strange]

21. It's a personal choice for sure...

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Normally, I don't care, but sometimes it does throw me, like you explained.

My major argument for writing in the present tense is mostly biased, because I decided to write my three book series like a Journal, using a narrator with an eidetic memory that allows him to relive things like watching a movie, and under those circumstances, writing in the present tense was sometimes unavoidable.

I have to agree, though, that writing in the past tense is easier, and sometimes, if you pay attention when you read, you'll notice that even things written in the present tense also use past tense verbs.

Actually, we all do it, because no matter how fast you say something, whatever you're talking about is never happening in the present, unless it's a prediction, and then you're using the future tense.

Hmmm... I wonder if that even makes sense to anyone?

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